The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

RYLANT, CYNTHIA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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) (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. Martin’s/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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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 Ryman’s 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 Ryman’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon, and limited to 450 copies, but only just seen. (Contents)
• * *Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas (St. Martin’s 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 Baum’s Land of Oz on our life and our times, focusing on a real Dorothy Gael whose life ended in a madhouse, Judy Garland’s 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 Baum’s 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 Baum’s 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.

• * _The A.B.C. Warriors: Book Four (with Pat Mills & Simon Bisley) See entry under Pat Mills.

SABERHAGEN, FRED(erick Thomas) (1930-2007) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.
• * _Berserker Fury (SFBC #17916, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $11.98, 383pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel in the “Berserker” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Berserker Fury (Tor 0-812-55376-4, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * *Berserker Kill (Tor 0-312-85266-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $24.95, 445pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Berserker] Sf novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * _Berserker Kill (SFBC #02306, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $11.98, 445pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel in the “Berserker” series. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Berserker Kill (Tor 0-812-55059-5, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 445pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * *Berserker Lies (Tor 0-812-50563-8, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.99, 208pp, pb) [Berserker] Collection of five sf stories in the “Berserker” series plus an “introduction." (Contents)
• * _Berserker Man (Ace 0-441-05471-4, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.75, 220pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Ace 1979) sf novel; 7th printing.
• * _Berserker Man (Gollancz 0-575-04349-0, Sep ’88, £2.99, 219pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf novel. Includes an afterword by Sandra Miesel. Volume 5 in the “Berserker” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Berserker Man (Tor 0-812-50564-6, Apr ’92, $3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Berserker] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * *The Berserker Throne (Simon & Schuster 0-671-55836-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $14.95, 319pp, hc) [Berserker] Sf novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * *The Berserker Throne (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-50387-1, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $6.95, 319pp, pb) [Berserker] Paperback edition of the above.
• * _The Berserker Throne (Tor 0-812-55318-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 319pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * _The Berserker Wars (Tor 0-812-55320-9, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 399pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Tor 1981) collection. The stories are from earlier collections, and this is partially a reprint of Berserker (Ballantine 1970). 4th Tor printing.
• * _The Berserker Wars (Tor 0-812-50101-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 399pp, pb, cover by Franco Storchi) [Berserker] Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of eleven connected stories; seventh printing.
• * _The Berserker Wars (Tor 0-812-53643-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Franco Storchi) [Berserker] Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of 11 connected stories in the “Berserker” series; ninth printing.
• * *Berserker: Blue Death (Tor 0-812-55322-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $6.95, 282pp, pb) [Berserker] Sf novel in the “Berserker” series. This one seems to be Saberhagen’s version of Moby Dick.
• * _Berserker: Blue Death (Tor 0-812-55329-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 282pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * _Berserker’s Planet (Ace 0-441-05474-9, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.75, 233pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (DAW 1975) sf novel, third in the “Berserker” series; 6th Ace printing.
• * _Berserker’s Planet (Ace 0-441-05507-9, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (DAW 1975) sf novel in the “Berserker” series. 7th Ace printing.
• * _Berserker’s Planet (Gollancz 0-575-04450-0, Jun ’89, £3.50, 233pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (DAW 1975) sf novel. Volume Three in the “Berserker” series.
• * _Berserker’s Planet (Tor 0-812-50981-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by David Martine) [Berserker] Reprint (DAW 1975) sf novel, third book in the “Berserker” series.
• * *Berserkers: The Beginning (Baen 0-671-87884-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Berserker] Omnibus of two SF collections, Berserker (1967) and The Ultimate Enemy (1979). (Contents)
• * _Berserkers: The Ultimate Enemy (Baen 0-671-65414-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $2.95, 228pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Ace 1979 as The Ultimate Enemy) sf collection of 9 stories.
• * _The Black Throne (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
• * *Bram Stoker’s Dracula (with James V. Hart) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17575-1, Oct ’92, $4.99, 301pp, pb) [Dracula] Novelization of the Francis Ford Coppola horror film, based on Hart’s screenplay. Has eight pages of full-color stills.
• * _Bram Stoker’s Dracula (with James V. Hart) (Pan 0-330-32857-3, Dec ’92, £4.99, 301pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Signet 1992) horror film novelization, based on the screenplay by James V. Hart, from the novel by Bram Stoker. There is an afterword by the director, Francis Ford Coppola. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Brother Assassin (Ace 0-441-08218-1, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.75, 233pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Ballantine 1969) sf novel of the Berserkers; 6th Ace printing.
• * _Brother Assassin (Tor 0-812-53642-8, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Berserker] Reprint (Ballantine 1969) SF novel in the “Berserker” series.
• * _Brother Berserker (Gollancz 0-575-04449-7, Feb ’89, £2.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (Ballantine 1969 as Brother Assassin) sf novel. Volume Two in the “Berserker” series.
• * _A Century of Progress (Tor 0-812-55341-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) sf alternate world/time-travel novel about a man from our world forced to fight in a future war against the Third Reich that won WWII; second printing.
• * _Coils (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
• * *The Complete Book of Swords (SFBC #1457, Jan ’85 [Feb ’85], $7.50, 626pp, hc) [Swords] Omnibus edition of a fantasy trilogy. It isn’t really complete, since Saberhagen signed a contract to write 6 more. (Contents)
• * *Dancing Bears (Tor 0-312-85798-5, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel of were-bears in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
• * _Dancing Bears (Tor 0-812-55004-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel of were-bears in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
• * _Dominion (Tor 0-812-50855-6, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 320pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reissue (Tor 1982) vampire fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Dracula” series; second printing.
• * _Dominion (Tor 0-812-52386-5, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reissue (Tor 1982) vampire horror novel in the “Dracula” series; third printing.
• * _Dominion (Tor 0-812-52386-5, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reissue (Tor 1982) vampire novel, fifth book in the “Dracula” series. Fourth printing.
• * _The Dracula Tape (Ace 0-441-16601-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 281pp, pb) [Dracula] Reissue (Warner 1975) fantasy novel, part of a series. 4th Ace printing. The “true” story of Dracula, told from his point of view.
• * _The Dracula Tape (Tor 0-812-52581-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 280pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Warner 1975) horror novel; a retelling of Stoker’s Dracula from the Count’s point of view.
• * _The Dracula Tape (Tor 0-812-52383-0, Nov ’92, $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reissue (Warner 1975) vampire horror novel in the “Dracula” series; second printing.
• * _Earth Descended (Tor 0-812-55293-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 283pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of 12 stories. Third printing.
• * _Empire of the East (Macdonald 0-356-10190-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £9.95, 558pp, hc) [Empire of the East] Reprint (Ace 1979) omnibus with revised versions of The Broken Lands (1968), The Black Mountains (1971), and Changeling Earth (1973). This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _Empire of the East (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8101-7, May ’86, £2.95, 558pp, pb) [Empire of the East] Reissue (Ace 1979) fantasy novel.
• * _Empire of the East (Baen 0-671-69871-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 558pp, pb, cover by John Rheaume) [Empire of the East] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf omnibus containing revised versions of The Broken Lands (Ace 1968), The Black Mountain (Ace 1971), and Changeling Earth (Ace 1973). Baen previously published these as separate volumes. This contains the 1979 prologue by Roger Zelazny.
• * _Empire of the East, Book 1: The Broken Lands (Baen 0-671-65380-6, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Empire of the East] Reprint (Ace 1968) fantasy novel. Although this only has the 1968 copyright, it seems to be a photo reprint of the first part of the revised 1979 Ace one-volume edition Empire of the East. It also has the Zelazny introduction from the omnibus volume.
• * _Empire of the East, Book II: The Black Mountains (Baen 0-671-65390-3, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.75, 185pp, pb) [Empire of the East] Reprint (Ace 1971) fantasy novel. The text seems to be that of the revised 1979 Ace omnibus.
• * _Empire of the East, Book III: Ardneh’s World (Baen 0-671-65404-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 178pp, pb) [Empire of the East] Reprint (DAW 1973 as The Changeling Earth) fantasy novel. The text follows the revised edition in the 1979 Ace omnibus Empire of the East, as does the title.
• * *The Face of Apollo (Tor 0-312-86408-6, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $13.95, 382pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) [Books of the Gods] Fantasy novel in the new “Books of the Gods” series. The gods are back. A hardcover edition (-86623-2, $25.95) is also available.
• * *The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner’s Story (Tor 0-312-93142-5, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $16.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) [Lost Swords] Fantasy novel, eighth “Swords” book overall.
• * _The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner’s Story (Tor 0-812-55286-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 244pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel, eighth “Swords” book overall.
• * *The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer’s Story (Tor 0-312-93243-X, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $14.95, 281pp, hc) [Lost Swords] Fantasy novel, starting a new “Swords” series.
• * _The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer’s Story (Tor 0-812-55337-3, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 289pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. First book of the second “Swords” trilogy.
• * _The First Book of Swords (Tor 0-812-55298-9, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.95, 309pp, pb) [Swords] Reprint (Tor 1983) fantasy novel. First mass market pb publication.
• * _The First Book of Swords (Macdonald 0-356-12069-4, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], £8.95, 320pp, hc) [Swords] Reprint (Tor 1983) fantasy novel, first in a series; library edition.