The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

RUSSELL, JAY (S.) (stories) (continued)

• * +Celestial Dogs (St. Martin’s 0-312-15076-8, Mar ’97, $22.95, 261pp, hc) [Celestial Dogs] 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 (stories) (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 “Reader’s 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

• * _Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone (with Roy Thomas & Michael T. Gilbert) See entry under Roy Thomas.

RUSSELL, RAY(mond Robert) (1924-1999) (stories)

• * *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)

• * _Aklo, A Volume of the Fantastic (with Mark Valentine & Roger Dobson) See entry under Mark Valentine.

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) (assoc.)

• * *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 Eldritch’s 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 wild—an astonishing and prescient plot, since this witty and adult tale was written in 1954 and 1955! (IC)

RUSSO, JOHN (A.) (1939- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _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 movie’s 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 Miami’s drug lords, and only a “burned out detective” and a “brilliant anthropologist” can stop it.
• * _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) (assoc.)

• * *Carlucci’s 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.
• * *Carlucci’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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 1930’s. Refugees from the Spanish Civil War are searching for the spear that pierced Christ’s side, which has occult powers.

RUTTER, EILEEN JOYCE (1945- ); see pseudonym Joy Chant (stories)

RYAN, ALAN (1940- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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)

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• * *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

• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation #32: Requiem (with Michael Jan Friedman) See entry under Michael Jan Friedman.

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. Martin’s 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, SHAWN (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.