The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- RUSS, JOANNA (Ruth) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Extra(ordinary) People (St. Martins 0-312-27806-3, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $10.95, 161pp, hc) Collection of 5 stories, including the Hugo-winning novella Souls. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _Extra(ordinary) People (The Womens Press 0-7043-3950-1, 1985, £1.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Judith Clute) Reprint (St. Martins 1984) collection.
- * _Extra(ordinary) People (St. Martins 0-312-27807-1, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1984) collection. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Female Man (Beacon Press 0-8070-6313-4, 1986 [Jan 87], $7.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1975) polemic sf novel. This has a 1986 date, but we did not see it until now.
- * _The Female Man (The Womens Press 0-7043-3949-8, Feb 94, £6.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Amanda Ward) Reprint (Bantam 1975) sf novel.
- * _The Female Man (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul 94, no price, 220pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1975) feminist sf novel, with an introduction by Sarah Lefanu and a frontispiece by Clee Richeson. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *The Hidden Side of the Moon (St. Martins 0-312-01105-9, Jan 88, $15.95, 229pp, hc) Collection of 26 stories. Highly recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _The Hidden Side of the Moon (St. Martins 0-312-02219-0, Oct 88, $7.95, 229pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martins 1988) collection. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Hidden Side of the Moon (The Womens Press 0-7043-4185-9, Mar 89, £4.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Judith Clute) Reprint (St. Martins 1988) sf/fantasy collection. [First U.K. edition]
- * _How to Suppress Womens Writing (The Womens Press 0-7043-3932-3, Feb 94, £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Namara) Reprint (University of Texas 1983) non-fiction book.
- * _Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-164-3, 1987 [Jan 87], $16.95, 119pp, hc) Reprint (Crossing Press 1985); associational, collection of essays mostly not sf-oriented. Instant hardcover of last years paperback, previously unseen.
- * *Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-163-5, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $6.95, 119pp, pb) Non-sf/fantasy, listed for Russ fans. A collection of feminist essays on sex and pornography. Includes an essay on Kirk/Spock pornography. Recommended. (DLN)
- * *Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-164-3, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $14.95, 119pp, hc) Hardcover version of the above.
- * *On Strike Against God (The Womens Press 0-7043-4074-7, Mar 87, £2.95, 107pp, pb) Reprint (Out & Out Books 1982) of associational interest. A feminist coming-out story. [First U.K. edition]
- * *To Write Like a Woman (Indiana University Press 0-253-20983-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $12.95, 181pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 14 essays in Feminism and SF, with an introduction by Sarah LeFanu. Also announced in hardcover (-32914-0, $27.95) but not seen. Available from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-842-6796.
- * _The Two of Them (The Womens Press 0-7043-4035-6, Sep 86, £2.25, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley-Putnam 1978) sf novel.
- * _We Who Are About To (The Womens Press 0-7043-4085-2, Aug 87, £3.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1977) sf novel. This is billed as First UK publication, but has previously appeared from Methuen.
- * *The Zanzibar Cat (Baen 0-671-55906-0, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.50, 286pp, pb) Collection, contents revised from Arkham House 1983 edition. (Contents)
- RUSS, MALLORY
- * _Kiss of the Beast (Mills & Boon 0-263-79832-1, Jul 96, £2.10, 218pp, pb) Reprint (??? 1995) SF/fantasy romantic novel derived from Beauty and the Beast, Involves other worlds, dimensions and humanoid races. Published in 1996, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Olivia Rupprecht. [First U.K. edition]
- RUSSELL, ALAN K(ingsley);, ed. pseudonym of Lionel Levanthal, (1937- )
- * *The Book of the Dead (New Orchard 1-85079-035-3, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £9.95, 384pp, hc) Anthology of 13 stories of the supernatural by Dickens, Le Fanu, Poe, etc. According to the dustjacket, Alan K. Russell is the pseudonym of a well-known international publisher." (Contents)
- RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK (1905-1978) (stories)
- * _The Best of Eric Frank Russell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33223-7, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $3.95, 336pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) collection; introduction by Alan Dean Foster; 2nd printing.
- * _The Best of Eric Frank Russell (Del Rey 0-345-33223-7, Mar 87 [Jul 87], £2.95, 366pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf collection. Distributed in the UK by Futura.
- * _Deep Space (Mandarin 0-7493-0103-1, Oct 89 [Sep 89], £3.50, 249pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) classic sf collection. This is the first unabridged paperback edition. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _Design for Great-Day (with Alan Dean Foster) See entry under Alan Dean Foster.
- * _Dreadful Sanctuary (Mandarin 0-7493-0073-6, Jul 89, £3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1951) sf novel. This edition follows the text of the 1967 Four Square edition.
- * _The Great Explosion (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-991-X, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $3.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1962) sf fix-up novel.
- * _Like Nothing on Earth (Methuen 0-413-60010-6, Oct 86, £1.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1975) collection of 7 sf stories.
- * _Men, Martians and Machines (Crown 0-517-55184-5, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $7.95, 216pp, hc) [Jay Score] Reprint (Dennis Dobson 1955) sf novel composed of four novellas. There is a new introduction by George Zebrowski. Volume 1 in the Classics of Modern Science Fiction series.
- * +Next of Kin (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32761-6, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Humorous sf novel. First American edition (Dobson 1959) of the complete version of The Space Willies (Ace 1958), an expansion of the 1957 Astounding classic novella Plus-X. This edition has a new introduction by Jack Chalker which says this longest version of the three was written first.
- * _Next of Kin (Mandarin 0-7493-0072-8, Jul 89, £2.99, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1959) sf novel. This includes the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
- * _Sentinels from Space (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32758-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Bourgey & Co. 1953) sf novel; a superhuman spacepilot is mankinds only hope against aliens.
- * _Sentinels from Space (Methuen 0-413-15640-0, Nov 87, £2.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Bouregy & Curl 1953) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
- * _Sinister Barrier (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32760-8, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel. This is the revised, expanded version of an earlier book (Worlds Work 1943). This edition has a new introduction by Jack Chalker.
- * _Sinister Barrier (Methuen 0-413-58870-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.50, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel.
- * _Three to Conquer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32757-8, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1956) sf novel of a telepath vs. an alien invasion.
- * _Three to Conquer (Methuen 0-413-15650-8, Nov 87, £2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1956) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
- * +Wasp (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32759-4, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 196pp, pb) Sf novel of a secret agent on an alien planet. First unabridged U.S. publication. The text follows the 1958 Denis Dobson edition instead of that of the 1957 Avalon first edition, so it should be considered a first American edition.
- * _Wasp (Methuen 0-413-58860-2, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.50, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1958) sf novel. He was sent to make war against another planet singlehanded!
- * _With a Strange Device (Mandarin 0-7493-0102-3, Oct 89 [Sep 89], £2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Patrick Mortemore) Reprint (Dobson 1964) sf novel.
- RUSSELL, GARY (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who (BBC Books 0-563-38000-4, May 96 [Jul 96], £3.99, 223pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization of the recent made for TV film.
- * *Doctor Who: Business Unusual (BBC Books 0-563-40575-9, Sep 97, £4.99, 277pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 4 of the BBC Missing Adventures series.
- * *Doctor Who: Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20440-9, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- * *Doctor Who: Placebo Effect (BBC Books 0-563-40587-2, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelisation based on the TV series. Book 13 of the BBC New Adventures series.
- * *Legacy (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20412-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [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.
- * *The New Adventures: Deadfall (New Adventures 0-426-20513-8, Oct 97 [Sep 97], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from Doctor Who books, but without the Doctor. Book 6 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
- * *The Scales of Injustice (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20477-8, Jul 96, £4.99, 262pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 24 in The Missing Adventures.
- RUSSELL, J. S.; pseudonym; see under Russell, Jay (stories) (chron.)
- RUSSELL, JAY (S.) (1961- ); pseudonym (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blood (Raven 1-85487-466-7, Oct 96, £5.99, 277pp, tp) SF/horror novel.
- * *Burning Bright (Raven 1-85487-467-5, Oct 97, £5.99, 280pp, tp) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy thriller, the sequel to Celestial Dogs.
- * +Burning Bright (St. Martins 0-312-18545-6, May 98 [Apr 98], $23.95, 280pp, hc) [Marty Burns] Supernatural mystery/horror novel, sequel to Celestial Dogs. First US edition (Robinson 1997).
- * *Celestial Dogs (Raven 1-85487-429-2, Jan 96, £5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy novel. A down-at-heel private eyes search for a missing hooker leads to the bright lights of L. A. and the dark horrors of Japanese demonology. A first novel.
- * +Celestial Dogs (St. Martins 0-312-15076-8, Mar 97, $22.95, 261pp, hc) [Marty Burns] Mystery/horror novel. Hardboiled supernatural mystery about a 60s teen idol turned 90s PI. First US edition (Raven 1996).
- RUSSELL, JEAN, ed. (1939-1982?)
- * _The Dollmaker and Other Sinister Stories (Mammoth 0-7497-1490-5, Nov 93, £2.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Neil Breedon) Reprint (Methuen 1982 as The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories) young-adult horror anthology.
- * +Supernatural Stories: 13 Tales of the Unexpected (Franklin Watts Orchard 0-531-05723-2, Sep 87, $11.95, 156pp, hc) Anthology of young-adult horror stories. First American edition (Orchard UK 1987).
- RUSSELL, MARY DORIA (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Children of God (Villard 0-679-45635-X, Mar 98, $23.95, 438pp, hc, cover by Giotto di Bodone) [Sparrow] SF novel, sequel to The Sparrow. Father Sandoz is forced to return to Rakhat.
- * *The Sparrow (Villard 0-679-45150-1, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $23.00, 408pp, hc, cover by Giotto di Bondone) [Sparrow] First contact novel. A Jesuit leads a mission to an alien culture, where misunderstandings lead to disaster. A first novel.
- * _The Sparrow (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-91255-8, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $12.00, 423pp, tp, cover by Giotto di Bondone) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1996) first contact novel. This is a Readers Circle edition with a discussion guide and brief interview with Russell.
- * _The Sparrow (Black Swan 0-552-99777-3, Nov 97, £6.99, 506pp, tp) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1996) first contact novel. A Jesuit leads a mission to an alien culture, where misunderstandings lead to disaster. A first novel. Winner of the 1996 James Tiptree Award. [First U.K. edition]
- RUSSELL, P. CRAIG, adapters (chron.) (assoc.)
- RUSSELL, RAY(mond Robert) (1924-1999) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Absolute Power (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-27-8, Apr 92, $49.00, 249pp, hc) Horror novel. This is a 500-copy signed boxed limited edition. Available from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.
- * *Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell (Maclay 0-940776-20-0, Nov 85 [Sep 85], $12.95, 187pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories, several revised. Horror in the grand old style, with some modern psychological twists. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _Incubus (Sphere 0-7221-7560-4, Dec 86, £2.50, pb) Reprint horror novel.
- RUSSELL, RAYMOND B., ed. (stories)
- RUSSELL, SAMUEL D.
- * *Irony and Horror: The Art of M.R. James (The Ghost Story Society no ISBN, Jul 93, no price, 26pp, ph) Article on M.R. James, first published in The Acolyte in Fall 1945, with a new introduction by Rosemary Pardoe. This booklet was distributed free of charge to the members of The Ghost Story Society. [James]
- RUSSELL, SEAN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Beneath the Vaulted Hills (DAW 0-88677-745-3, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $24.95, 451pp, hc, cover by Robert Giusti) [River Into Darkness] Fantasy novel, a prequel to World Without End. Erasmus Flattery is unknowingly caught in the schemes of the last Mage.
- * _Beneath the Vaulted Hills (DAW 0-88677-794-1, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Robert Giusti) [River Into Darkness] Reprint (DAW 1997) fantasy novel, first in the River Into Darkness series, prequel to World Without End.
- * *The Compass of the Soul (DAW 0-88677-792-5, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $24.95, 388pp, hc) [River Into Darkness] Fantasy novel, sequel to Beneath the Vaulted Hills, book two in the River into Darkness, a prequel series to Moontide and Magic Rise. Efforts fail to fully defeat the mage Eldritchs efforts to eliminate magic from the world.
- * *Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $5.50, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Fantasy novel, second and final book of the Initiate Brother series. The signs reveal that the Great Teacher has been reborn, and a young monk faces the task of rescuing the war-torn empire.
- * _Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Feb 96, $5.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1992) Asian fantasy novel, second and concluding book of The Initiate Brother. Fifth printing.
- * _Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Aug 98, $6.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1992) Asian fantasy novel, second and concluding book of The Initiate Brother. Sixth printing.
- * *The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Epic-size Oriental fantasy novel of Imperial intrigue, first book of a new series. A first novel.
- * _The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Feb 96, $5.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1991) Asian fantasy novel, Book One of the series by the same title. Fifth printing.
- * _The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1991) Asian fantasy novel, book one of the series by the same title. Sixth printing.
- * *The River into Darkness (SFBC #00314, Dec 98, $14.98, 786pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [River Into Darkness] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: Beneath the Vaulted Hills (1997) and The Compass of the Soul (1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-901-6, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *Sea Without a Shore (DAW 0-88677-665-1, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $5.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Fantasy novel, book two of Moontide and Magic Rise.
- * *World Without End (DAW 0-88677-624-4, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 606pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Fantasy novel of alternate-world intrigue and adventure. A young naturalist (in the style of Charles Darwin) is sent voyaging in search of a magic herb. Recommended (CFC).
- * _World Without End (SFBC #07082, May 95 [Apr 95], $10.98, 467pp, hc, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the DAW paperback edition, but lacks a price, and has the SFBC code number on the back jacket.
- RUSSELL, SHARON A.
- * *Stephen King: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29417-8, Jul 96 [Aug 96], $29.95, 171pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide. Includes biographical details, a bibliography, and an index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [King]
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM MOY; [i.e., William M. S. Russell] (1925-2006)
- * *The Barber of Aldebaran (Janus 1-85756-129-5, Mar 95, £7.95, 190pp, tp) Humorous SF novel. When all the robots on Aldebaran malfunction, Harri Balsam, ideas man for Robotics Inc., attempts a solution that comically affects everyone. The second half is even funnier than the first, as pheromones run wildan astonishing and prescient plot, since this witty and adult tale was written in 1954 and 1955! (IC)
- RUSSO, JOHN (A.) (1939- )
- * _The Complete Night of the Living Dead Filmbook (Crown/Harmony 0-517-56170-0, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $10.95, 120pp, pb) Reprint of small-press edition (Imagine Inc. 1985). The history of the movies making, by the scriptwriter.
- * *Inhuman (Pocket 0-671-45262-2, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 221pp, pb) Horror novel: They were the walking dead, on a ruthless hunt for living blood.
- * _Inhuman (Grafton 0-586-07314-0, Dec 87, £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Living Things (Popular Library 0-445-20666-7, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 274pp, pb) Horror novel. An ancient evil is displacing Miamis drug lords, and only a burned out detective and a brilliant anthropologist can stop it.
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