The Locus Index to Science Fiction
Books, Listed by Author
Previous -- Table-of-Contents
- ROWLEY, CHRISTOPHER B. (stories) (continued)
- * _Starhammer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31490-5, Oct 90, $3.95, 297pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Vang] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) sf novel, first book of the Vang series; second printing.
- * *A Sword for a Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45235-6, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $5.99, 479pp, pb) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel of warring dragons, sequel to Bazil Broketail.
- * _A Sword for a Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45235-6, Feb 98, $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Reissue (Roc 1993) fantasy novel, volume two in the Bazil Broketail series. Fifth printing.
- * *To a Highland Nation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35860-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fenrile] Sf novel, fourth book of the Fenrille series.
- * *The Vang: The Battlemaster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35859-7, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vang] Military sf novel, second book of the Vang series.
- * *The Vang: The Military Form (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33176-1, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 369pp, pb) [Vang] Sf novel, sequel to Starhammer. Space opera with alien things that take over people and change them.
- * _The Vang: The Military Form (Legend 0-09-963090-7, Jul 89, £3.50, 369pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Vang: The Military Form (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33176-1, Oct 90, $4.95, 369pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vang] Reissue (Del Rey 1988) sf novel, second book of the Vang series; third printing.
- * _The War for Eternity (Arrow 0-09-948910-4, Sep 86, £2.95, 337pp, pb) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel.
- * _The War for Eternity (Hutchinson 0-7126-9541-9, Nov 86, £8.95, 352pp, hc) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel.
- * _The War for Eternity (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31052-7, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Fenrile] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) sf novel; seventh printing.
- * *The Wizard and the Floating City (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45469-3, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel set in the same world as the Bazil Broketail series.
- ROWLING, J. K. (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3849-2, Jul 98 [Oct 98], £10.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Cliff Wright) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel; a sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
- * *Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3274-5, Jun 97 [Nov 97], £4.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Thomas Taylor) [Harry Potter] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the 1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A hardcover edition (-3269-9, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
- * +Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (Scholastic/Levine 0-590-35340-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $16.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel. Orphan Harry discovers hes the son of a witch and a wizard when he is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone).
- ROY, ARCHIE; [i.e., Archibald Edmiston Roy] (1924- )
- * _All Evil Shed Away (Apogee 1-869935-02-0, Sep 86, £1.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1970) parallel time sf novel.
- * _The Curtained Sleep (Apogee 1-869935-00-4, Sep 86, £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1969) parallel time sf novel.
- * _Deadlight (Apogee 1-869935-01-2, Sep 86, £1.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1968) parallel time sf novel.
- * _Devil in the Darkness (Apogee 1-869935-04-7, Apr 87 [Jul 87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1978) horror novel.
- * _Sable Night (Apogee 1-869935-03-9, Apr 87 [Jul 87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1973) horror novel.
- ROYCE, EASTON; pseudonym of Neal Shusterman, (c1962- )
- * *The X-Files #3: Bad Sign (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648326-7, Jun 97 [Jul 97], £3.99, 134pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
- * *The X-Files: Bad Sign (HarperTrophy 0-06-447170-8, Jun 97, $4.50, 134pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization, third in the new series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by 20th Century Fox Film.
- ROYLE, NICHOLAS (John) (1963- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Counterparts (Barrington 1-897729-02-2, Sep 93 [Oct 93], £4.99, 231pp, tp) Slipstream horror novel.
- * _Counterparts (Penguin 0-14-024386-0, Mar 95, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Colum Leith) Reprint (Barrington 1993) literary fantasy novel.
- * +Counterparts (White Wolf 1-56504-924-1, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $5.99, 397pp, pb) Horror novel of a tightrope walker and actor in Berlin. First US edition (Barrington 1993).
- * *The Matter of the Heart (Abacus 0-349-10956-7, Nov 97, £9.99, 305pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Royle) Associational novel. Parts appeared as anthologized short stories.
- * _The Matter of the Heart (Abacus 0-349-11002-6, Nov 98 [Dec 98], £6.99, 305pp, tp) Reprint (Abacus 1997) associational novel.
- _____, ed.
- * *The Agony & the Ecstacy: New Writing for the World Cup (Sceptre 0-340-71241-4, May 98, £6.99, 310pp, tp) Anthology of 24 original stories, including work by Graham Joyce, Chaz Brenchley, Chris Kenworthy and Mark Morris. (Contents)
- * *Darklands (Egerton Press 0-9518520-0-0, Nov 91 [Jan 92], £2.95, 116pp, pb, cover by Carl Flint) Anthology of eleven original horror stories, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher and Mark Morris, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. Order from 5 Windsor Court, Avenue Rd, LONDON, N15 5JQ. (Contents)
- * _Darklands (NEL 0-450-59764-4, Oct 93, £4.99, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Egerton 1991) anthology of eleven original horror stories, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher and Mark Morris, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. This edition contains a new introduction by the editor.
- * *Darklands 2 (Egerton Press 0-9518520-1-9, Oct 92, £4.99, 206pp, tp, cover by Giuliana Becciu) Anthology of 23 original horror stories, including pieces by Garry Kilworth and Kim Newman. (Contents)
- * *Darklands 2 (NEL 0-450-60436-5, Jul 94, £4.99, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Egerton 1992) horror original anthology. Abridged edition with 13 of the 23 stories, plus a new novelette by Ramsey Campbell, and a new introduction. (Contents)
- * *The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writers Dreams (Serpents Tail 1-85242-533-4, Dec 96 [Jan 97], £8.99, xvi+271pp, tp, cover by John Oakey) Associational collection of brief dreams by 211 (!) authors, most of whom write SF or fantasy. It includes Aldiss, Baxter, Brenchley, Brite, Carroll, Fowler, Gallagher, Haldeman, M John Harrison, Moorcock and Priest. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $14.99.
- * *The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories (Penguin 0-14-027007-8, Nov 97, £6.99, 236pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 mainstream and genre stories set in New York, by authors including Jonathan Carroll, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, and Joyce Carol Oates. (Contents)
- ROYO, LUIS
- * *Secrets (NBM 1-56163-162-0, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $16.95, 79pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Art book collecting darker, mostly erotic, fantasy works. Order from NBM, 185 Madison Ave, Suite 1504, New York NY 10016; add $3.00 postage.
- * *Women (NBM 1-56163-171-X, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $16.95, 80pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Art book collecting fantasy cover-art images, most of well-armed women. There is an introduction by Antonio Altarriba. Order from NBM, 185 Madison Ave., Suite 1504, New York NY 10016; add $3.00 postage.
- ROZANÈS, ALAIN P.
- * *The Great Confederation of Argos (Rivercross 0-944957-60-9, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $15.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Rute Vasconcelos) SF novel. Translated from the French by Melanie Brown. All the women of Earth mysteriously become pregnant. Available from Rivercross Publishing, 127 East 59th St, New York NY 10022; 800-451-4522.
- RUBENS, BERNICE; [i.e., Bernice Ruth Rubens Nassauer] (1928-2004)
- * _Our Father (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11979-0, Mar 87 [Aug 87], £9.95, 212pp, hc) Reprint (Delacorte) novel about a woman who keeps meeting God.
- RUBER, PETER, ed. (stories)
- RUBIE, PETER (Malcolm) (1950- )
- RUBIN, MARTY
- * *The Boiled Frog Syndrome (Alyson 1-55583-108-7, Sep 87 [Nov 87], $7.95, 231pp, tp) Sf novel, set in the near future, about the U.S. government repressing gays, and the resistance against it.
- RUBINSTEIN, GILLIAN (Margaret, née Hanson) (1942- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Beyond the Labyrinth (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-0280-X, Jul 90 [Aug 90], £2.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Hyland House 1988) young-adult sf novel.
- * +Beyond the Labyrinth (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05899-9, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $14.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Clifford Jackson) Young-adult sf novel. First American edition (Hyland House 1988).
- * +Foxspell (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80602-7, Sep 96 [Nov 96], $16.00, 219pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Wilton) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy with the ability to turn into a fox is torn between his family, his gang, and life in the wild. First US edition (Hyland House, Australia 1994). Winner of the Australian Childrens Book Councils award for Book of the Year for Older Readers.
- * _Foxspell (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-487-1, Mar 98, £4.50, 218pp, pb, cover by Ian Butterworth) Reprint (Hyland House 1994) young-adult fantasy novel of a shapechanger. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Galax-Arena (Heinemann 0-434-96503-0, Aug 93, £9.99, 138pp, hc) Reprint (Hyland House 1992) young-adult sf novel about two children kidnapped by aliens. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Galax-Arena (Mammoth 0-7497-1984-2, May 95, £3.50, 138pp, pb) Reprint (Hyland House 1992) young-adult SF novel about two children kidnapped by aliens.
- * +Galax-Arena (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80136-X, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $15.00, 172pp, hc, cover by Joanne Pendola) Young-adult SF novel about kids kidnapped by aliens to perform gladitorial stunts. First US edition (Hyland House, Australia 1992).
- * _Galax-Arena (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81235-3, Feb 97, $3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Joanne Pendola) Reprint (Hyland House, Australia 1992) young-adult SF novel.
- * _Shinkei (Dolphin 1-85881-441-3, May 97, £3.99, 215pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1996) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Last in The Space Demons Trilogy. There is a simultaneous hardback (Orion Childrens Books: 1-85881-440-5, £9.99). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Skymaze (Mammoth 0-7497-0397-0, Jul 90, £2.50, 193pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Space Demons] Reprint (Penguin Books Australia 1989) young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Space Demons.
- * +Skymaze (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05929-4, May 91 [Apr 91], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Jon Weiman) [Space Demons] Young-adult science fantasy of kids drawn into a world beyond the computer screen. First American edition (Penguin Australia 1989).
- * _Skymaze (Pocket Archway 0-671-76988-X, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $2.99, 189pp, pb) [Space Demons] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1989) young-adult science fantasy of kids drawn into a world beyond the computer screen. Sequel to Space Demons.
- * _Skymaze (Dolphin 1-85881-439-1, May 97, £3.99, 194pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1989) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book 2 in The Space Demons Trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Space Demons (Magnet 0-416-13792-X, Apr 89, £1.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Julie Dodd) [Space Demons] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1986) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Space Demons (Pocket Archway 0-671-67912-0, May 89 [Jul 89], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Space Demons] Reprint (Omnibus 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. A computer game sends teenagers into alternate universes.
- * _Space Demons (Mammoth 0-7497-0410-1, Jul 90 [Aug 90], £2.50, 213pp, pb) [Space Demons] Reissue (Penguin Books Australia 1986) young-adult sf novel.
- * _Space Demons (Dolphin 1-85881-438-3, May 97, £3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1986) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book 1 in The Space Demons Trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * +Under the Cats Eye (Simon & Schuster 0-689-81800-9, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $16.00, 204pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) Young-adult fantasy/mystery novel. A boys new boarding school is a gateway between worlds, with a soul-stealing headmaster. First US edition (Hodder Headline Australia 1997).
- * _Under the Cats Eye (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-614-9, Sep 98, £4.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Ian Butterworth) Reprint (Hodder Childrens Books Australia 1997) young adult fantasy novel of parallel worlds. [First U.K. edition]
- RUCKER, RUDY; [i.e., Rudolf von Bitter Rucker] (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The 4th Dimension: Toward a Geometry of Higher Reality (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-34420-4, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $17.95, 228pp, hc) Non-fiction, of associational interest.
- * *All the Visions: A Novel of the Sixties/Space Baltic (with Anselm Hollo) (Ocean View 0-938075-09-8, Feb 91 [Dec 90], $9.95, 125/86pp, hc, cover by Robert Williams) Original anthology containing an associational autobiographical novel by Rudy Rucker and a poetry collection by Hollo bound together. A hardcover edition (-12-8) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _The Fourth Dimension (Penguin 0-14-008408-8, Nov 86, £5.95, 228pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1984) non-fiction, of associational interest.
- * _The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of Higher Universes (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-39388-4, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $8.95, 228pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1984), non-fiction; associational. Fittingly described as a combination of math, philosophy, and fantasy, this book uses some of the techniques of Rucker the sf writer in the cause of Rucker the scientist.
- * *Freeware (Avon 0-380-79278-8, May 97 [Apr 97], $13.00, 288pp, tp, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) [Software] SF novel, sequel to Software and Wetware. Also published in hardcover (-97509-2, $23.00).
- * _Freeware (Avon Eos 0-380-78159-X, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) [Software] Reprint (Avon 1997) SF novel, sequel to Software and Wetware.
- * *The Hacker and the Ants (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13416-5, May 94, $20.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Paul Stinson) Virtual reality SF thriller about a hacker working on an AI project who takes the rap when a plague of viral ants invade the nations data highways.
- * _The Hacker and the Ants (AvoNova 0-380-71844-8, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova) virtual reality SF novel about a plague of viral ants in a computer network.
- * *The Hollow Earth (Morrow 0-688-09413-9, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $18.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Romas B. Kukalis) Historical alternate-world sf novel about a 19th-century Southern boy who finds himself on a journey into the hollow earth with Edgar Allan Poe. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Hollow Earth (BOMC no ISBN, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $15.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Romas) Reprint (Morrow 1990) historical alternate-world sf novel. This edition is identical to the Morrow except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
- * _The Hollow Earth (AvoNova 0-380-75535-1, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Romas) Reprint (Morrow 1990) historical alternate-world sf novel about a 19th-century Southern boy who finds himself on a journey into the hollow earth with Edgar Allan Poe.
- * *Live Robots (AvoNova 0-380-77543-3, Apr 94, $5.99, 357pp, pb) [Software] Omnibus of two sf novels, Software (Ace 1982) and its sequel Wetware (Avon 1988). (Contents)
- * *Master of Space and Time (Bluejay 0-312-94297-4, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $14.95, 229pp, hc) Sf novel. The two zaniest inventors since Kuttners Gallagher stories. Very amusing. (DLN)
- * _Master of Space and Time (Baen 0-671-55997-4, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
- * *Mind Tools (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38315-3, Apr 87, $17.95, 327pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A study subtitled The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality. Rucker writes non-fiction in much the same way he writes sf.
- * *Moldies & Meatbops (SFBC #17425, Aug 97, $12.98, 552pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Software] Omnibus of three SF novels: Software (Ace 1982), Wetware (Avon 1988) and Freeware (Avon 1997). This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *The Secret of Life (Bluejay 0-312-94398-9, Jun 85 [May 85], $14.95, 246pp, hc) Sf novel, 60s setting, flying saucers, dope and campus revolution.
- * _Software (Avon 0-380-70177-4, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Software] Reprint (Ace 1982) sf novel. Winner of the first Philip K. Dick Award.
- * _Software (Roc UK 0-14-017802-3, Sep 94 [Oct 94], £4.99, 174pp, pb) [Software] Reprint (Ace 1982) SF novel. Volume one in the Software series. Second Printing.
- * _Software (AvoNova 0-380-70177-4, May 97 [Apr 97], $5.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) [Software] Reissue (Ace 1982) SF novel, first in the series. Fourth printing.
- * *Transreal! (WCS Books 1-878914-00-6, Jul 91, $15.00, 534pp, tp) Collection of stories, poems, and essays, including the collection The 57th Franz Kafka, with an introduction by Robert Sheckley. All of Ruckers short fiction, including collaborations, is included. A hardcover limited edition (-01-4, $50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Wetware (Avon 0-380-70178-2, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Software] Sf novel, sequel to Software.
- * _Wetware (NEL 0-450-49476-4, Mar 89, £2.50, 183pp, pb) [Software] Reprint (Avon 1988) sf novel. Sequel to Software. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Wetware (AvoNova 0-380-70178-2, May 97 [Apr 97], $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) [Software] Reissue (Avon 1988) SF novel, second in the *ware series. Fourth printing.
- * _White Light (Wired Books 1-888869-17-8, Sep 97 [Dec 97], $12.95, 269pp, tp) Reprint (Virgin 1980) SF novel with new foreword by John Shirley.
- _____, ed.
- * _Mathenauts (NEL 0-450-50253-8, Oct 89, £3.50, 300pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) anthology of sf stories dealing with (or taking off from) mathematical concepts. [First U.K. edition]
Next -- Table-of-Contents