The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

RUCKER, RUDY (stories) (continued)

• * *Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (Arbor House 0-87795-891-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $18.95, 300pp, hc) Anthology of sf stories dealing with (or taking off from) mathematical concepts. (Contents)
• * *Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (Arbor House 0-87795-890-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $9.95, 300pp, tp) Published simultaneously with the hardback edition.
• * *Semiotext(e) SF (with Peter Lamborn Wilson & Robert Anton Wilson) (Autonomedia 0-936756-43-8, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $10.00, 384pp, tp, cover by Mike Saenz) Anthology of 46 avant-garde sf stories, this is the 14th issue of Semiotext(e). There is introductory material by the editors. Available from Autonomedia, 55 South 11th St., Brooklyn NY 11211-0568. (Contents)

RUDD, JILL, ed.

• * _A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (with Val Gough) See entry under Val Gough.

RUDDICK, BOB

• * _Max and Me and the Time Machine (with Gery Greer) See entry under Gery Greer.

RUDDICK, NICHOLAS (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *British Science Fiction: A Chronology, 1478-1990 (Greenwood Press 0-313-28002-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $55.00, 250pp, hc) Chronology of selected British sf publications from 1479 to 1990, highlighting important biographical material as well. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.
• * *Christopher Priest (Starmont House 1-55742-109-9, 1989 [Aug ’90], $9.95, 104pp, tp) Non-fiction book on Christopher Priest, with an annotated bibliography. Starmont Reader’s Guide #50. A hardcover edition (-110-2, $19.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1989 book not seen until now.
• * *State of the Fantastic: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Fantastic Literature and Film (Greenwood Press 0-313-27853-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $48.00, 210pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A collection of 20 essays presented at the Eleventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881.
• * *Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction (Greenwood Press 0-313-27373-1, Jan ’93 [May ’93], $47.95, 202pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A critical analysis of British sf as a genre. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Rd. West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: (800) 225-5800.

RUE, T. S.

• * *Nightmare Inn (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106740-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Nightmare Inn] Young-adult horror novel of four teenagers in danger from evil forces when forced to spend the night at an abandoned inn. First book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by Daniel Weiss & Associates.
• * *Nightmare Inn: Room 13 (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106746-6, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.50, 169pp, pb) [Nightmare Inn] Young-adult horror novel, second book of a series. Erin has a vacation romance with a boy who has the mysterious power to make her wishes come true — but only the ones that hurt others. Packaged and copyrighted by Daniel Weiss & Associates.
• * *Nightmare Inn: The Attic (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106157-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.50, 169pp, pb) [Nightmare Inn] Young-adult horror novel, fourth book of a series. Four teenage girls are trapped in the attic of an old inn with a werewolf. Packaged by Daniel Weiss & Associates and copyrighted by the packager and Todd Strasser.
• * *Nightmare Inn: The Pool (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106749-0, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.50, 169pp, pb) [Nightmare Inn] Young-adult horror novel, third book of a series. Kelly gets a summer job as a lifeguard at a pool haunted by the ghost of a vengeful girl. Packaged and copyrighted by Daniel Weiss & Associates.

RUFF, MATT(hew Theron) (1965- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Fool on the Hill (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-243-5, Oct ’88, $19.95, 396pp, hc) Humorous fantasy novel of a university where magic has run amok. A promising first novel. (FCM)
• * _Fool on the Hill (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0361-3, Mar ’89, £13.95, 396pp, hc, cover by Andrew Paquette) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly Press 1988) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Fool on the Hill (Warner 0-446-35772-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $4.95, 436pp, pb, cover by Bob Zuba) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1988) literary fantasy.
• * _Fool on the Hill (Grove 0-8021-3535-8, Feb ’98, $12.00, 396pp, tp, cover by Clifford Alejandro) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1988) humorous fantasy novel.
• * _Sewer, Gas, & Electric (Warner Aspect 0-446-60642-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Elaine A. Cardella) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1997) near-future post-literary SF novel.
• * *Sewer, Gas, and Electric (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-641-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $23.00, 450pp, hc, cover by Elaine Cardella) Near-future post-literary SF novel. “A madcap ride through NYC in the year 2023.” People live in the walls of the New York Public Library.

RULE, JANE (Vance) (1931- ) (stories)

• * *Memory Board (Pandora 0-86358-190-0, Oct ’87, £10.95, 256pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. [Not seen]
• * *Memory Board (Pandora 0-86358-191-9, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 256pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel.

RULE, LESLIE (1958- )

• * *Whispers from the Grave (Berkley 0-425-14777-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 268pp, pb) Young-adult time-travel horror novel. A girl travels in time to prevent her sister’s murder a century before. A first novel.

RUNDLE, ANNE (née Lamb) (?-1989)

• * *Moonbranches (Macmillan 0-02-777190-3, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $11.95, 163pp, hc) Young-adult Victorian gothic novel of ghosts and terror. Published in 1986 but not seen until now.

RUNTÉ, ROBERT (Alan), ed. (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tesseracts 5 (with Yves Meynard) (Tesseract 1-895836-25-5, Dec ’96, C$8.95, 352pp, pb, cover by David Vereschagin) Original anthology of 33 stories, eight previously published, by Canadian writers. Authors include Elisabeth Vonarburg (in translation), Candas Jane Dorsey, and James Alan Gardner. A limited hardcover edition (-26-3, C$21.95) was announced but not seen. Order from The Books Collective, 214-21 10405 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta Canada T5J 0X2; 403-448-0590; add $3.00 postage; US orders pay in US dollars. (Contents)

RUNYAN, C(lair) F. (1919- )

• * *The Flight (Bantam 0-553-35305-5, Jul ’91, $9.99, 453pp, tp, cover by Robert Hunt) Technothriller with sf elements about a U.S. plan to go back to 1943 from 1994 to retrieve a miracle cancer cure for a dying president.
• * _The Flight (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29610-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $5.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Bantam 1991) technothriller with sf elements about a US plan to go back to 1943 from 1994 to retrieve a miracle cancer cure for a dying president.

RUPENSTEIN, GILLIAN

• * +Space Demons (Dial 0-8037-0534-4, 1988 [Dec ’88], $13.95, 198pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young boy discovers a computer game that can zap him and his friends into frightening universes. First U.S. edition (Omnibus [Australia] 1986).

RUPPERT, PETER (1941- )

• * *Reader in a Strange Land: The Activity of Reading Literary Utopias (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-0821-8, Aug ’86 [Dec ’86], $19.00, 193pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of works from Plato to Huxley, Orwell, and Le Guin.

RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN (1960- ); see pseudonym Sandy Schofield (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Afterimage (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45175-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Afterimage] Dark fantasy novel of a woman rescued from a serial killer by shapeshifters who give her the form of her would-be murderer. Recommended (SW).
• * *Afterimage/Aftershock (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Meisha Merlin 0-9658345-7-3, Jul ’98 [Sep ’98], $18.00, 446pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Afterimage] Omnibus of dark fantasy novels Afterimage (Roc 1992) and its previously unpublished sequel, Aftershock. These are the “Authors’ Preferred Editions”, with the revised Afterimage copyrighted 1998. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031. (Contents)
• * *Alien Influences (Millennium 1-85798-104-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £15.99, 424pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel. A trade paperback (-105-7, £8.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Alien Influences (Millennium 1-85798-249-5, Jun ’95, £4.99, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) SF novel. The impressionable children of human colonists come under the influence of aliens.
• * +Alien Influences (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56998-8, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel. Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. First US edition (Millennium 1994).
• * *The Devil’s Churn (Dell 0-440-21795-4, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 320pp, pb) Horror novel. A man drowned in the Churn returns 50 years later, looking no older.
• * *Façade (Dell Abyss 0-440-21290-1, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 386pp, pb) Horror thriller. A well-known actor returns to the house on the beach where murder has been done and his daughter disappeared, only to have his arrival spark a new series of incidents.
• * _Facade (Millennium 1-85798-075-1, Apr ’94, £4.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Dell 1993) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Fey: Changeling (Millennium 1-85798-487-0, May ’96, £9.99, 514pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. Second in the series after The Fey: Sacrifice. A hardcover edition (-484-6, £15.99) is also available.
• * _The Fey: Changeling (Orion 0-75280-991-1, Jun ’97, £6.99, 514pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, second book in the series.
• * *The Fey: Rival (Millennium 1-85798-489-7, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £9.99, 503pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. Book three in the series after The Fey: Sacrifice and The Fey: The Changeling. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A hardcover edition (-488-9, £16.99) is also available.
• * *The Fey: Sacrifice (Millennium 1-85798-271-1, Aug ’95, £8.99, 550pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. The warlike Fey finally manage to invade the isolated Blue Isle, but are unable to subdue the inhabitants, and find themselves confined to an invisible forest fortress, waging guerilla warfare. A hardcover edition (-270-3, £15.99) is also available.
• * _The Fey: Sacrifice (Orion 1-85798-310-6, Jun ’96, £6.99, 550pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Reprint (Millennium 1995) fantasy novel. #1 in “Saga of the Fey”.
• * +The Fey: The Changeling (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56895-7, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 611pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Fey] Fantasy novel, second in the trilogy. First US edition (Millennium 1996).
• * *The Fey: The Resistance (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57713-1, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.50, 517pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Fey] Fantasy novel, fourth book in the series.
• * *The Fey: The Rival (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56896-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 581pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Fey] Fantasy novel, third book in the trilogy.
• * +The Fey: The Sacrifice (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56894-9, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 660pp, pb, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Fey] Fantasy novel, first book of “The Fey”. First US edition (Millennium 1995).
• * *The Fey: Victory (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57714-X, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.50, 499pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Fey] Fantasy novel, fifth and final book in the series.
• * *The Gallery of His Dreams (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Jul ’91 [May ’91], $10.00, 80pp, tp) Time-travel sf novella about Civil War-era pioneer photographer Matthew Brady. A 300-copy hardcover limited edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy deluxe leatherbound edition ($65.00) are also available.
• * *Heart Readers (Millennium 1-85798-052-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £7.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Tom Canty) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-051-4, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Heart Readers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45282-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Fantasy novel of a young “heart-reader” who must judge the purity of princes’ hearts in order to save the kingdom. First American edition (Millennium 1993).
• * _Heart Readers (Millennium 1-85798-151-0, Mar ’94, £4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Millennium 1993) fantasy novel.
• * *Hitler’s Angel (St. Martin’s 0-312-15498-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $20.95, 213pp, hc) Associational mystery/secret history about the death of Hitler’s niece in 1931 Germany, and how close it could have come to preventing WWII.
• * *Sins of the Blood (Dell 0-440-21540-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.50, 388pp, pb) Vampire novel of siblings, one a vampire and the other a vampire slayer.
• * _Sins of the Blood (Millennium 1-85798-450-1, May ’95, £8.99, 357pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Dell 1994) fantasy/horror novel. Contemporary vampires have evolved the ability to make children. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sins of the Blood (Millennium 1-85798-243-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1994) dark fantasy novel.
• * _Star Trek Voyager: Echoes (with Nina Kiriki Hoffman & Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek Voyager: The Escape (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation #41: Invasion! Book Two: The Soldiers of Fear (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation: Klingon! (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek: Day of Honor #4: Treaty’s Law (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Captain’s Table, Book Three: The Mist (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Night (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * _Star Trek: Rings of Tautee (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * *Star Wars: The New Rebellion (Bantam UK 0-593-04084-8, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £12.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan & Jamie S. Warren Youll) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
• * *Star Wars: The New Rebellion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10093-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $22.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. Simultaneous with the Bantam UK edition.
• * _Star Wars: The New Rebellion (SFBC #14441, Dec ’96, $8.98, 386pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on characters from the movies. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: The New Rebellion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57414-0, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 532pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam UK; Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: The New Rebellion (Bantam UK 0-553-50497-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 532pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam UK; Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Traitors (Millennium 1-85798-055-7, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £8.99, 358pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) Sf/fantasy novel about rebellion on a distant colony. A hardcover edition (-054-9, £14.99) is also available.
• * +Traitors (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45415-4, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Fantasy novel about political intrigue surrounding a kingdom where artistic ability is the only measure of a person. First American edition (Millennium 1993).
• * _Traitors (Millennium 1-85798-449-8, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £4.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Millennium 1993) SF/fantasy novel.
• * *The White Mists of Power (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45120-1, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Fantasy novel of a bard’s mysterious heritage, which endangers not only his friends, but the entire world they live in. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * *The White Mists of Power (First Books no ISBN, Nov ’91, $40.00, 290pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a bard’s mysterious heritage, which not only endangers his friends, but the entire world they live in. A first novel. This is a signed slipcased limited edition of 400 copies published simultaneously with the Roc paperback listed last month.
• * _The White Mists of Power (Millennium 1-85798-001-8, Sep ’92, £7.99, 264pp, tp, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Roc 1991) fantasy novel about a bard’s mysterious heritage. A first novel. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-000-X, £14.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The White Mists of Power (Millennium 1-85798-020-4, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Roc 1991) fantasy novel.

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• * _The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology (with Edward L. Ferman) See entry under Edward L. Ferman
• * *The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine (St. Martin’s 0-312-06564-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $22.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Anthology of 25 stories, representing the best from the pages of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, with a foreword by Kate Wilhelm and an introduction by Rusch. (Contents)
• * _The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine (SFBC #19362, Jan ’92 [Aug ’92], $10.98, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1991) anthology of 25 stories, representing the best from the pages of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine. Similar to the St. Martin’s edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine (St. Martin’s 0-312-08317-3, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $13.95, 328pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1991) anthology of 25 stories, representing the best from the pages of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine.
• * *Pulphouse, The Hardback Magazine: Issue Twelve, The Last Issue (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $20.00, 255pp, hc) Original anthology of 20 stories and one non-fiction piece, long-delayed final issue of the hardback magazine. With an introduction by the editor. A limited signed 250-copy leatherbound edition was announced but not seen. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440. (Contents)
• * *Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3: Spring 1989, Fantasy (Pulphouse no ISBN, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], $17.95, 308pp, hc) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of 20 stories plus three non-fiction pieces. contributors include Ellison, Bishop, Davidson, and de Lint. Also available in a boxed, signed, and numbered leatherbound limited edition ($50.00). (Contents)
• * *Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 4: Summer 1989, Science Fiction (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jul ’89, $17.95, 247pp, hc) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of 18 stories plus three non-fiction pieces. Contributors include Damon Knight, Robert Sheckley, and Algis Budrys. Also available in a boxed, signed, and numbered leatherbound limited edition ($50.00). (Contents)