The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- RUSSO, JOHN (A.) (continued)
- * _Night of the Living Dead (Commonwealth Publications/Ravenmor 1-55197-506-8, 1997 [Oct 97], $5.99, 175pp, pb) [Living Dead] Reprint (Warner 1974) horror novel, first in the Living Dead series. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition; not seen until now.
- * _Return of the Living Dead (Commonwealth Publications/Ravenmor 1-55197-508-4, 1996 [Aug 97], $5.99, 180pp, pb) [Living Dead] Reprint (Dale 1978) horror novel, second in the Living Dead series. Copyrighted 1995(?); the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now.
- * *Voodoo Dawn (Imagine 0-911137-12-2, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $9.95, 190pp, tp) Voodoo horror novel.
- RUSSO, RICHARD A(nthony), ed. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Dreams Are Wiser Than Men (North Atlantic 0-938190-94-6, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $14.95, 374pp, tp) Anthology of articles, poems, and stories about dreams, most surreal or fantastic, including five poems by Ursula K. Le Guin from Wild Angels. (Contents)
- RUSSO, RICHARD PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Carluccis Edge (Ace 0-441-00205-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Viktor Koen) [Frank Carlucci] SF novel. Second cyberthriller featuring police detective Frank Carlucci.
- * *Carluccis Heart (Ace 0-441-00485-7, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $6.50, 391pp, pb, cover by Victor Stabin) [Frank Carlucci] SF novel. Third cyberthriller featuring police detective Frank Carlucci.
- * *Destroying Angel (Headline 0-7472-3885-5, May 92, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Frank Carlucci] Grim futuristic thriller about an ex-cop stalking a killer through the ghettos of San Francisco. Simultaneous with the US (Ace) edition. Recommended (PSP).
- * +Destroying Angel (Ace 0-441-14273-7, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) [Frank Carlucci] Sf crime novel about serial killings on the streets of 21st-century San Francisco. First American edition (Headline 1992).
- * *Inner Eclipse (Tor 0-812-55256-3, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
- * _Inner Eclipse (Grafton 0-586-20983-2, Dec 90, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
- * *Subterranean Gallery (Tor 0-812-55259-8, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Near-future urban dystopian sf novel set in San Francisco.
- * _Subterranean Gallery (Grafton 0-586-21229-9, Nov 91, £4.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- RUTHERFORD, BRETT (1947- ) (stories)
- * *The Lost Children (Zebra 0-8217-2454-1, Sep 88, $3.95, 431pp, pb) Horror novel about children and computers.
- * *Piper (with John Robertson) (Zebra 0-8217-1967-X, Dec 86, $3.95, 463pp, pb) Novel of supernatural horror.
- RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL (Andrew) (1946- ) (stories)
- * *The Infinite Kingdoms (Owlswick Press 0-913896-32-2, Dec 90, $12.00, 183pp, tp, cover by Janet Aulisio) Collection of three fantasy novellas, illustrated by Janet Aulisio. A hardcover edition (-31-4) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *The Tale and Its Master (Spring Harbor 0-935891-00-5, 1986 [May 86], $6.50, 64pp, pb) Fantasy novella of an ambitious apprentice storyteller; witty and well told. (FCM)
- RUTMAN, LEO (1935- )
- * *Clash of Eagles (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14596-4, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $5.95, 310pp, pb) Alternate-history political thriller set in a Nazi-occupied America.
- * *Spear of Destiny (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-232-7, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 285pp, pb) Thriller with fantasy elements set in the 1930s. Refugees from the Spanish Civil War are searching for the spear that pierced Christs side, which has occult powers.
- RUTTER, EILEEN JOYCE (1945- ); see pseudonym Joy Chant (stories)
- RYAN, ALAN (1943- ) (stories)
- * *The Bones Wizard (Doubleday 0-385-24223-9, Jan 88, $12.95, 178pp, hc) Collection of 12 horror stories, 2 of them originals. (Contents)
- * *Cast a Cold Eye (Dark Harvest 0-913165-02-6, May 84 [Apr 84], $35.00, 239pp, hc) Horror novel with illustrations by Jill Bauman. 200 copy signed limited edition.
- * *Cast a Cold Eye (Dark Harvest 0-913165-03-4, May 84 [Apr 84], $18.00, 239pp, hc) Trade edition of the above.
- * _Cast a Cold Eye (Tor 0-812-52543-4, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984) horror novel.
- * _Cast a Cold Eye (Sphere 0-7221-7563-9, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.50, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984) horror novel.
- * *Quadriphobia (Doubleday 0-385-19839-6, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $12.95, 184pp, hc) Collection of four fantasy horror stories using different genres as backgrounds a detective story, a gothic romance, a jungle adventure, and a Western. Three of them seem to be originals. (Contents)
- _____, ed.
- * *Halloween Horrors (Doubleday 0-385-19558-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $12.95, 178pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 horror stories. (Contents)
- * _Halloween Horrors (Ace Charter 0-441-31607-7, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) horror original anthology.
- * _Halloween Horrors (Sphere 0-7221-7561-2, Nov 87, £2.75, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) original horror anthology. This edition appears to have been edited unofficially and was withdrawn and pulped before distribution. Only a few copies appeared in shops. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Halloween Horrors (Severn House 0-7278-1618-7, Sep 88, £9.95, 245pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) original anthology of horror stories with a Halloween theme. This is the first UK edition with the original text. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Halloween Horrors (Sphere 0-7474-0301-5, Oct 88, £2.99, 245pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- * *Haunting Women (Avon 0-380-89881-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Anthology of 14 horror stories by women writers, including Isak Dinesen, Shirley Jackson, and Tanith Lee. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * *Night Visions 1 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-04-2, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $45.00, 296pp, hc) Limited signed edition of original anthology with 7 stories by Charles L. Grant, 7 by Steve Rasnic Tem, and 4 by Tanith Lee, illustrated by Gregory Manchess. A fine idea for an anthology. The Tanith Lee stories are especially good and the book is well-made. (CNB) (Contents)
- * *Night Visions 1 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-05-0, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $18.00, 296pp, hc) Trade edition of above.
- * _Night Visions: In the Blood (Berkley 0-425-10753-1, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984 as Night Visions 1) original anthology of 7 horror stories by Charles Grant, 7 by Steve Rasnic Tem, and 4 by Tanith Lee.
- * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Viking Penguin 0-14-010987-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $8.95, 621pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1987 as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories) anthology of 32 vampire stories. This edition is a worldwide printing. Available in the U.K. for £4.95.
- * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Penguin 0-14-012445-4, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $8.95, 621pp, tp) Reissue (Doubleday 1987 as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories) anthology of 32 vampire stories; third printing.
- * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Bloomsbury Books 1-85471-006-0, 1991 [Jan 92], £4.99, 621pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1987, as Vampires) ghost anthology. This is an Instant Remainder book.
- * *Vampires (SFBC #10445, Apr 87 [May 87], $6.98, 621pp, hc) Anthology of two centuries of vampire stories, with 32 stories in all plus a recommended list of vampire novels and films. A regular trade edition has been announced, but is predated by the Book Club one. (Contents)
- * _Vampires (Doubleday 0-385-18562-6, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $15.95, 621pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1987) anthology of vampire stories.
- RYAN, CHARLES C(arroll), ed. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Aboriginal Science Fiction, Tales of the Human Kind: 1988 Annual Anthology (Aboriginal SF no ISBN, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $4.50, 80pp, tp) Magazine-format anthology of 12 stories from earlier issues of the magazine. (Contents)
- * *Letters of the Alien Publisher (with John Gregory Betancourt) (First Books no ISBN, Aug 91, no price, 128pp, tp) Collection of pseudonymous essays originally published in Aboriginal Science Fiction.
- RYAN, KEVIN (chron.)
- RYAN, MARY C.
- * *Mask of the Night (Headline 0-7472-1003-9, Nov 94 [Jan 95], £16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Benjamin Russell-Warner) Romance novel with supernatural elements of witchcraft and reincarnation.
- * +Mask of the Night (St. Martins 0-312-16925-6, Dec 97 [Feb 98], $22.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Kristen M. Nobles) Ghost story/gothic romance of haunted ruins, a mask, and a man who exists only in dreams. A Thomas Dunne Book. First US edition (Headline 1994).
- * *Me Two (Little, Brown 0-316-76376-4, May 91 [Mar 92], $15.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Rob Sauber) Young-adult fantasy novel about a teen who inadvertently clones himself during a school science project. This is a 1991 book not seen until now.
- * _Me Two (Avon Camelot 0-380-71826-X, Jul 93, $3.50, 179pp, tp, cover by Rob Sauber) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) young-adult fantasy novel about a teen who inadvertently clones himself during a school science project. Illustrations by Rob Sauber.
- RYAN, RICHARD (1948- )
- * *Funnelweb (Pan Macmillan Australia 0-7329-0888-4, Jul 97 [1998], A$19.95, 339pp, tp) SF thriller. Radiation turns spiders into a deadly threat in Sydney.
- RYAN, (Michael) SHAWN (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Brethren (Pocket 0-671-79243-1, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 325pp, pb) Horror novel of a Georgia homicide detective who must summon the powers of his warlock ancestors to defeat a serial killer.
- * *Nocturnas (Pocket 0-671-88270-8, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $5.50, 438pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Vampire novel. A journalist in Romania at the end of the Ceausecu regime finds undead in the government.
- RYAN, THOMAS J(oseph) (1942-1997?)
- * _The Adolescence of P-1 (Baen 0-671-55970-2, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1977) sf novel. An early sentient computer book.
- RYLANT, CYNTHIA (stories)
- * *The Islander (DK Ink 0-7894-2490-8, Mar 98 [May 98], $15.95, 97pp, hc, cover by Cynthia Rylant) Young-adult fantasy novella about a lonely boy whose life is changed by an encounter with a mermaid.
- * *Margaret, Frank, and Andy (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201083-1, Sep 96, $15.00, 48pp, hc) Young-adult non-fiction. Short biographies of writers Margaret Wise Brown, L. Frank Baum, and E.B. Andy White. [White]
- RYMAN, GEOFF(rey Charles) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *253 (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655078-9, Feb 98, £6.99, 366pp, tp) Literary quasi-fantasy novel based on the interactive novel first published on the Internet on January 20th 1997. The secrets of 253 Tube passengers, each given 253 words of biography and explanation.
- * +253 (St. Martins/Griffin 0-312-18295-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $14.95, 364pp, tp) Associational novel first published in interactive form on the Internet. First US edition (HarperCollins/Flamingo 1998).
- * *The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440393-3, Oct 89, £12.95, 388pp, hc) Sf novel. Parts of this novel are based on Love Sickness, serialized in Interzone.
- * _The Child Garden (Unwin 0-04-440684-3, Jul 90, £3.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) award-winning sf novel.
- * +The Child Garden (St. Martins 0-312-05002-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $19.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses that she is resistant to. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989).
- * _The Child Garden (BOMC no ISBN, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $17.95, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel. This is identical to the 1990 St. Martins edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
- * _The Child Garden (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $9.95, 388pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel. This is identical to the 1990 St. Martins edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
- * _The Child Garden (Tor/Orb 0-312-89023-0, May 94 [Apr 94], $13.95, 388pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses she is resistant to.
- * *The Coming of Enkidu (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 89 [Aug 90], £5.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Dave Mooring) Pamphlet containing an extract from a play version of Gilgamesh and an extract from a fantasy work in progress about Gilgamesh. Issued in a limited edition of 450 numbered copies, to coincide with Rymans Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 19. (Contents)
- * *Coming of Enkidu (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 89 [Aug 90], £5.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Dave Mooring) Pamphlet containing an extract from a play version of Gilgamesh and an extract from a fantasy work in progress about Gilgamesh. Issued last year for Rymans Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon, and limited to 450 copies, but only just seen. (Contents)
- * *Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas (St. Martins 0-312-09929-0, Apr 94, $20.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Collection of four novellas, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and an afterword by the author. (Contents)
- * *The Unconquered Country (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823357-9, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £7.95, 134pp, hc) Surreal short novel with elements of sf and fantasy, a slight expansion of the award-winning novella of the same name. An eerie, haunting reworking of the tragedy of modern Cambodia. Recommended. (FCM)
- * *The Unconquered Country (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823314-5, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, 134pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * +The Unconquered Country (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26654-3, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 131pp, pb) Sf, fantasy, and surrealism blend in a moving reworking of the Cambodian tragedy. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1986).
- * _The Unconquered Country (Unwin 0-04-440776-9, Jul 90 [Aug 90], £3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1986) sf novel.
- * *The Warrior Who Carried Life (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823294-7, May 85 [Apr 85], £8.95, 173pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a first novel by a recent British award-winner for shorter fiction. Extremely potent and disturbing images; recommended, but not for those with weak stomachs. (DLN)
- * +The Warrior Who Carried Life (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26344-7, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) Fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1985).
- * _The Warrior Who Carried Life (Unwin 0-04-440777-7, Jul 90 [Aug 90], £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1985) sf novel.
- * +Was (Knopf 0-679-40429-5, May 92 [Jun 92], $22.00, 369pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Literary associational novel about the effect of L. Frank Baums Land of Oz on our life and our times, focusing on a real Dorothy Gael whose life ended in a madhouse, Judy Garlands tragedies, and an L.A. actor dying of AIDS. Highly recommended (SW). There is no actual fantasy. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
- * _Was (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $12.95, 369pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) literary associational novel about the effect of L. Frank Baums Land of Oz on our life and our times. Similar to the 1992 Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
- * _Was (Penguin 0-14-017872-4, May 93 [Apr 93], $10.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) associational literary novel about the effect of L. Frank Baums Land of Oz on our life and our times.
- * *Was... (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223931-0, Feb 92, £14.99, 353pp, hc, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) [Oz] Mainstream novel set in 19th century Kansas and 20th century Hollywood, and inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Recommended (PSP).
- * _Was... (TSP #750, Sep 92, £7.99, 353pp, tp, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) bookclub edition of the above. [Not seen]
- * _Was... (Flamingo 0-586-09179-3, May 93, £5.99, 454pp, tp) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) mainstream novel set in 19th century Kansas and 20th century Hollywood, and inspired by The Wizard of Oz.
- RYP, WOLFF
- * *Midnight Secrets Volume III: The Fury (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3544-1, Jan 95 [May 95], $3.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [Midnight Secrets] Young-adult horror/romance novel. Third in the series about a teen with psychic powers.
- * *Midnight Secrets: The Temptation (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3542-5, Nov 94 [Mar 95], $3.50, 215pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [Midnight Secrets] Young-adult horror novel. A psychic teen acquires an unwanted, but seductive, mentor with vampire-like propensities. Copyrighted by Parachute Press, Inc.
- * *Midnight Secrets: The Thrill (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3543-3, Dec 94 [Mar 95], $3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [Midnight Secrets] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series about a psychic teen and her seductive, centuries-old mentor/nemesis. Copyrighted by Parachute Press, Inc.
- S.M.S.
- SABERHAGEN, FRED(erick Thomas) (1930-2007) (stories) (chron.)
- * *After the Fact (Baen 0-671-65391-1, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.95, 285pp, hc) [Pilgrim] Sf novel in the Pilgrim time travel series. This one is about an attempt to save Abraham Lincoln.
- * _Berserker (Ace 0-441-05469-2, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Ballantine 1967) collection; 10th Ace printing.
- * _Berserker (Ace 0-441-05495-1, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Berserker] Reissue (Ballantine 1967) collection of 11 stories in the Berserker series; 15th printing.
- * _Berserker Blue Death (Gollancz 0-575-04454-3, Oct 90, £3.99, 282pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
- * *Berserker Fury (Tor 0-312-85939-2, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $23.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Berserker] SF novel in the Berserker series.
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