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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 Philosopher’s Stone.
* *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s 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 Sorcerer’s 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 he’s 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 Philosopher’s 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 (Serpent’s 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)

* _The Final Adventures of Solar Pons See entry under August Derleth.
RUBIE, PETER (Malcolm) (1950- )

* _Mindbender (with James Cohen) See entry under James Cohen.
* *Werewolf (Longmeadow 0-681-41394-8, Jan ’92 [Nov ’91], $15.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Paul Stinson) Werewolf horror novel.
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 Children’s Book Council’s 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 Children’s 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 Cat’s 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 boy’s new boarding school is a gateway between worlds, with a soul-stealing headmaster. First US edition (Hodder Headline Australia 1997).
* _Under the Cat’s Eye (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-614-9, Sep ’98, £4.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Ian Butterworth) Reprint (Hodder Children’s 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 nation’s 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 Kuttner’s “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 Rucker’s 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]

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