The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

ROGAN, BARBARA (1951- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Suspicion (Simon & Schuster 0-684-81415-3, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $24.00, 348pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Ghost novel. A sceptical horror novelist moves into an old house rumored to be haunted.

ROGOW, ROBERTA (Winston) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (St. Martin’s 0-312-20570-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $23.95, 282pp, hc) [Arthur Conan Doyle; Charles Dodgson] Associational mystery by a well-known fan writer. Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) investigate when a spiritualist dies during a seance held to reveal the location of a missing treasure.

ROHAN, MICHAEL SCOTT (1951- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Singer and the Sea (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-741-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £6.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) Fantasy novel, fifth book in the “Winter of the World” series. Gille Kilmorsson, mastersmith and musician, accepts an ancient, magical instrument which will lead him to the end of the world, and the beginning at the end.

ROLLINS, JAMES; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * *Subterranean (Avon 0-380-79264-8, Jun ’99, $6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) Lost race/deep Earth adventure. A team of specialists finds strange realms beneath the Antarctic ice. A first novel. Copyrighted by Jim Czajkowski.

ROSEN, SELINA (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Queen of Denial (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-06-1, May ’99 [Jul ’99], $12.00, 235pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Queen of Denial] Humorous SF novel. Space scavengers discover that the kidnapped queen they’re supposed to return to her homeworld isn’t what they expected, and doesn’t want to go. Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.

ROSENBAUM, ALISSA (1905-1982); see pseudonym Ayn Rand (chron.)

ROSENBERG, JOEL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (Tor 0-312-85782-9, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $23.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Jason Cullinane] Fantasy adventure novel, a parody of Dumas’s classic swashbuckling adventure set in the universe of the “Guardians of the Flame”. Three retainers from a heroic household get sent on a mission to help an errant lady.

ROSS, ALEX (chron.)

• * _Kingdom Come (with Elliot S. Maggin & Mark Waid) See entry under Elliot S. Maggin

ROTH, KURT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Age of Reason: Stories for a New Millennium (SFF Net 0-9669698-1-2, Aug ’99, tp, cover by Steve Ratzlaff) Original anthology of 19 stories of the future. Authors include Paul Levinson, Geoffrey A. Landis, Lois Tilton, and Dave Smeds. Introduction by Kurt Roth. A numbered hardcover edition (-2-0) was announced but not seen. Order from SFF Net, 3300 Big Horn Trail, Plano TX 75075; 972-867-2794; www.sff.net (Contents)
• * *Quantum Speculative Fiction (Obscura Press 0-9659569-0-4, 1999, $24.95, ii+322+G, 5" x 8½" in binder) Subscription anthology issued in four parts to be gathered into a binder. (Contents)

ROTSLER, (Charles) WILLIAM (1926-1997) (chron.)

• * _Shiva Descending (with Gregory Benford) See entry under Gregory Benford.

ROTTENSTEINER, FRANZ, ed. (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _The View from Another Shore (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-942-8, Mar ’99 [May ’99], £11.95, xvi+256pp, tp, cover by Peter Whitfield) Reprint (Seabury Press 1973) anthology of 12 European Science Fiction stories, revised with “a completely new contextual introduction and other new material.” A hardcover edition (-932-0, £22.50) was announced but not seen.

ROURKE, JAMES (chron.)

• * *The Mayor of Aln (Dufour/Parthian Books 0-9521558-9-3, Jun ’99 [Apr ’99], $12.95, 204pp, tp, cover by Peter Breughel) SF novel/parable of Messiahs and failed Utopias. A schoolteacher comes to a small town, becomes its king, and is tried as a false Messiah. A first novel. This is the 1998 UK edition (not previously listed) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005.

ROUTLEY, JANE (1962- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Aramaya (Avon Eos 0-380-79428-4, Jun ’99, $13.50, 278pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) [Dion] Fantasy novel, third in the series featuring the mage Dion. Dion seeks her lost niece in the cold but ultra-cultured land of Aramaya.
• * _Fire Angels (Avon Eos 0-380-79427-6, Apr ’99, $6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Dion] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Mage Heart. Winner of the Aurealis Award.

ROVIN, JEFF(rey Daniel) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Vespers (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6084-2, Apr ’99, £5.99, 408pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1998) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Vespers (St. Martin’s 0-312-96993-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1998) horror novel of mutant bats in NYC. This is a movie tie-in (“soon to be a major motion picture”) edition.

ROWLEY, CHRISTOPHER B. (chron.)

• * *Dragon Ultimate (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45548-7, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 373pp, pb) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel. Seventh and final book in the “Bazil Broketail” series.

ROWLING, J. K. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3848-4, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], £4.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Cliff Wright) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
• * +Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Scholastic 0-439-06486-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $17.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Harry Potter” series. Harry’s second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry gets rough when he’s suspected of being an evil snake-wizard. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1998).
• * _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (SFBC #01892, Jul ’99, $8.98, 341pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Harry Potter” series. This is similar to the 1999 Scholastic edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4407-7, Aug ’99, £6.99, 251pp, pb) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the “Harry Potter” series. The book is rejacketed for an adult audience.
• * *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4215-5, Jul ’99, £10.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Cliff Wright) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the award-winning series.
• * +Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-13635-0, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $19.95, 435pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Harry Potter” series about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. First US edition (Bloomsbury 7/99).
• * _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (SFBC #03259, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $9.98, 435pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1999) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Harry Potter” series about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is similar to the Scholastic/Levine edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (SFBC #15635, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $8.50, 309pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy at a school for wizards. This is similar to the Scholastic 1998 edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Scholastic 0-590-35342-X, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $5.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy at a school for wizards. This is the first we’ve seen of this edition, but it already indicates 19th printing.

ROYCE, EASTON; pseudonym of Neal Shusterman, (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *X-Files: Dark Matter (HarperEntertainment 0-06-447182-9, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $4.50, 119pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novellization based on the TV series, #10 in the series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

ROYO, LUIS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Malefic (SFBC 1-56163-181-7, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.98, 79pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) Reprint (NBM 1997, not seen) art book collecting fantasy cover-art images, most horrific. Translated by Robert Legault from the Spanish (NORMA 1994). The jacket lacks both price and SFBC number.

RUCKA, GREG (1969- ) (chron.)

• * *Batman: No Man’s Land (Pocket 0-671-03828-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $23.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) [Batman] Post-holocaust Batman novelization, based on the comics, set in a Gotham City ruined and isolated by earthquakes. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

RUCKER, RUDY; [i.e., Rudolf von Bitter Rucker] (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Saucer Wisdom (Tor/Forge 0-312-86884-7, Jul ’99, $23.95, 287pp, hc) Associational prophetic non-fiction speculative book disguised as didactic fiction, in which Rucker is given views of the future by a man abducted by tiny aliens. Introduction by Bruce Sterling. Includes index.
• * _Saucer Wisdom (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-86033-3, Oct ’99, £9.99, iii+278pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1999) spoof novel of the author’s various encounters with a saucer contactee. Includes an introduction by Bruce Sterling. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Seek! Selected Nonfiction (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-138-6, May ’99, $16.95, 364pp, tp) Associational “non-fiction,” sometimes surreal, collection of 30 essays on topics of science, life, and art, with several on SF and Cyberpunk, and a new autobiographical introduction. A hardcover edition (-133-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen.

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

• * *The Black Queen (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58115-5, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.50, 436pp, pb) [Black Throne] Fantasy novel, first in the “Black Throne” series set in the world of “The Fey”. Something is trying to take over the mind of the Queen of the Fey Empire, and only her estranged brother can help.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation: Double Helix 2: Vectors (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * *The Tenth Planet (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42140-X, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Min Choi) [Tenth Planet] Near-future SF novelization, with “story by Rand Marlis & Christopher Weaver”, first in a trilogy based on a computer game from Bethesda Softworks. Copyrighted by Creative Licensing Corporation and Media Technologies Ltd.

RUSHDIE, (Ahmed) SALMAN (1947- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04419-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £18.00, 575pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of dissonance and harmony, lies and lyres, set in an alternate reality. A singer lost to an earthquake, and love beyond death. A variation on the Orpheus legend.
• * *The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Holt 0-8050-5308-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $27.50, 575pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel, an alternate-world, magical-realist contemporary retelling of the myth of Orpheus.
• * *The Screenplay of Midnight’s Children (Vintage UK 0-099-26849-3, Apr ’99, £7.99, 308pp, tp) Associational item: the unproduced five-part screenplay adapted from his novel. Filming of the intended serial was stopped when Sri Lanka abruptly withdrew permission.

RUSSELL, BARBARA TIMBERLAKE (chron.)

• * *The Taker’s Stone (DK Ink 0-7894-2568-8, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $16.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Matt Manley) Young-adult fantasy novel. A 14-year-old is tempted by stones of power.

RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK (1905-1978) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Design for Great-Day (with Alan Dean Foster) See entry under Alan Dean Foster.

RUSSELL, GARY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Divided Loyalties (BBC Books 0-563-55578-5, Oct ’99, £5.99, 252pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 25 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.

RUSSELL, J. S.; pseudonym; see under Russell, Jay (stories) (chron.)

RUSSELL, JAY (S.) (1961- ); pseudonym (stories) (chron.)

• * *Waltzes and Whispers (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-16-X, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], £16.99, 305pp, hc, cover by John Coulthart) Collection of 15 horror stories, seven apparently original, with introductions to each by Russell describing how the stories came to be written. Illustrated by John Coulthart. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith; afterword by Kim Newman. This is a limited edition of 750. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England.
• * *Waltzes and Whispers (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-16-X, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $28.00, 305pp, hc, cover by John Coulthart) Collection of 15 horror stories, seven apparently original, with introductions to each by Russell describing how the stories came to be written. Illustrated by John Coulthart. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith; afterword by Kim Newman. This is a limited edition of 750. Originally published in the UK, this is available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.
• * *Waltzes and Whispers (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-16-X, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], £16.99, xii+305pp, hc, cover by John Coulthart) Collection of 15 original/reprint dark fantasy stories, each with an introduction by Russell. There is an ‘Introduction to Jay Russell’ by Michael Marshall Smith, and an afterword by Kim Newman. Internal illustrations by John Coulthart. A hardcover edition, limited to 750 copies. (Contents)

RUSSELL, (Henry) KEN(neth Alfred) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * *Mike and Gaby’s Space Gospel: A Novel (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85049-7, Jun ’99 [Aug ’99], £15.99, 207pp, hc) Humorous surrealist/fantasy novel by the film director. A first novel. Two of Rossum’s Universal Robots engineer a race that might develop a cure for the virus killing them, but Satan interferes with Adam and Eve, and when they return, Jesus is pulling some pretty strange stunts.

RUSSELL, MARY DORIA (chron.)

• * _Children of God (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-00483-X, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $12.95, 452pp, tp, cover by Giotto di Bodone) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1998) SF novel, sequel to The Sparrow. This is a “Ballantine Reader’s Circle” edition with a 14-page group discussion guide bound in.
• * _Children of God (Black Swan 0-552-99811-7, Feb ’99, £6.99, 510pp, tp) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1998) SF novel. The sequel to the multi-award-winner, The Sparrow. [First U.K. edition]

RUSSELL, P. CRAIG (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Michael Moorcock’s Elric: Stormbringer (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-336-7, Jun ’98 [Jan ’99], $17.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by P. Craig Russell) [Elric] Graphic adaptation by Russell, originally published as seven comic books, of the sixth “Elric” novel by Michael Moorcock. Includes a story about a young Elric fan, written by Neil Gaiman and adapted by Russell. Introduction by Mike Friedrich. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.

RUSSELL, SEAN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _The Compass of the Soul (DAW 0-88677-933-2, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Robert Giusti) [River Into Darkness] Reprint (DAW 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Beneath the Vaulted Hills, book two in the “River into Darkness”, a prequel series to “Moontide and Magic Rise”.

RYAN, FERGUS (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Siege of Mt. Nevermind (TSR 0-7869-1381-9, Sep ’99, $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Glen Angus) [DragonLance: Chaos War] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. Volume six of “The Chaos War”. Copyrighted by TSR.

RYAN, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Setite (White Wolf 1-56504-804-0, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 278pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. A first novel. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

RYLANT, CYNTHIA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Heavenly Village (Scholastic/Blue Sky 0-439-04096-5, Oct ’99, $15.95, 95pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) Young-adult fantasy novel about a village between heaven and earth, a place for those souls not ready to give up earthly lifestyles.

RYMAN, GEOFF(rey Charles) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Child Garden (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651088-4, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 388pp, tp) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning SF novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses to which she is resistant.
• * _Was (Flamingo 0-586-09179-3, Aug ’99, £6.99, 456pp, tp) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) mainstream novel set in 19th century Kansas and 20th century Hollywood, and inspired by The Wizard of Oz.

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

• * *Ariadne’s Web (Tor 0-312-86629-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $25.95, 412pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Books of the Gods] Fantasy novel of Theseus, Ariadne, and the minotaur, second in the “Book of the Gods” series.
• * _The Dracula Tape (Baen 0-671-57839-1, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Dracula] Reprint (Warner 1975) vampire novel retelling Dracula from the vampire’s point of view.
• * _The Face of Apollo (Tor 0-812-57189-4, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Books of the Gods] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel in the new “Books of the Gods” series.
• * _The First Swords (Tor 0-312-86916-9, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $16.95, 605pp, tp) [Swords] Reprint (SFBC 1985 as The Complete Book of Swords) omnibus of the first “Swords” trilogy in the “Lost Swords” series: The First Book of Swords (1983), The Second Book of Swords (1983), and The Third Book of Swords (1984).
• * _Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: The Arrival (Ebury Press 0-09-187262-6, Nov ’99, £5.99, 255pp, pb) [Earth: Final Conflict] Reprint (Tor 1999) novelization of the TV series, first in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: The Arrival (Tor 0-312-87302-6, Dec ’99, $23.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Earth: Final Conflict] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis Communications.