The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ROBERSON, JENNIFER (stories) (chron.) (continued)

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• * *Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues (DAW 0-88677-732-1, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories about fantasy highwaymen inspired loosely by the poem “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes, reprinted here. Authors include Esther Friesner, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Janny Wurts, and Dennis L. McKiernan. (Contents)
• * *Return to Avalon (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-679-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 398pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Original anthology of 23 stories and appreciations in honor of Marion Zimmer Bradley, with an introduction by Diana L. Paxson and foreword by Andre Norton. Authors include Judith Tarr, Charles de Lint, and Jane M. Lindskold. Co-editor Martin Greenberg’s name appears only on the copyright page. (Contents)

ROBERSON, WILLIAM H.

• * *Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Bio-Bibliography (with Robert L. Battenfeld) (Greenwood Press 0-313-27651-X, Jun ’92 [May ’93], $39.95, 149pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An annotated bibliography of Miller’s work, plus critical material on it and a long biographical/critical introduction. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Rd. West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: (800) 225-5800. [Miller]

ROBERTS, ANDREW (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Aachen Memorandum (Weidenfeld 0-297-81619-5, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £15.99, 280pp, hc) SF novel. A dystopian satire in a European superstate of 2045.
• * _The Aachen Memorandum (Orion 0-75280-349-2, Sep ’96, £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995) SF future distopian novel.

ROBERTS, ANN VICTORIA

• * _Dagger Lane (Arrow 0-09-943601-9, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Ben Warner) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) ghost story. A writer enduring a troubled marriage discovers that a historical tragedy - an 18th century farmer’s wife condemned for witchcraft - is the mask for a more ancient and violent legend of a black hound that feeds on misery.

ROBERTS, BETTE B.

• * *Anne Rice (Macmillan/Twayne 0-8057-3961-0, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], $22.95, 173pp, hc) A critical appraisal of Anne Rice’s life and work.

ROBERTS, GARETH (1968- ) (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Romance of Crime (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20435-2, Jan ’95, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on characters from the TV show, part of the new “Missing Adventures” series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20506-5, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
• * *Doctor Who: Zamper (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20450-6, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *The English Way of Death (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20466-2, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. In “The Missing Adventures”.
• * *The Highest Science (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20377-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £3.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *The Plotters (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20488-3, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £4.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 28 in “The Missing Adventures”.
• * *Tragedy Day (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20410-7, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Jeff Cummins) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

ROBERTS, GARYN G., ed. (stories)

• * _The Night Nemesis: The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man—Vol. One See entry under Frederick C. Davis.

ROBERTS, JAMES P. (stories)

• * *Dark Iowa, Bright Iowa (White Hawk Press 0-9635644-1-1, Sep ’94, $8.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Rodger Gerberding) Original anthology of 11 dark fantasy stories and three poems set in Iowa, with an introduction by the editor and illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. Order from White Hawk Press, 950 Jenifer St., Madison WI 53703. (Contents)

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• * *Return to Derleth: Selected Essays, Volume Two (White Hawk Press 0-9636544-2-X, Aug ’95 [Oct ’95], $7.00, 96pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of seven critical essays on the works of August Derleth, with an introduction by the editor and illustrations by Eugene Gryniewicz & Frank Utpatel. Authors include Basil Copper, Frank Belknap Long, and Sam Moskowitz. Order from White Hawk Press, 950 Jenifer St., Madison WI 53703-3522.

ROBERTS, JANE; pseudonym of Jane Roberts Butts, (1929-1984)

• * _The Further Education of Oversoul Seven (Pocket 0-671-83263-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.50, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Prentice-Hall 1979) sf/fantasy/occult novel.

ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Act of God (with Eric Kotani) See entry under Eric Kotani.
• * _Between the Stars (with Eric Kotani) See entry under Eric Kotani.
• * *The Black Shields (Tor 0-812-50629-4, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Stormlands” series.
• * *The Cingulum (Tor 0-812-55200-8, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 285pp, pb) [Cingulum] Sf novel.
• * *Cingulum #3: The Sword, the Jewel, and the Mirror (Tor 0-812-55204-0, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Cingulum] Sf novel. Smuggling space crew gets involved with quasi-alternate worlds and must deal with Pancho Villa, the Emperor Montezuma, and the Shogun, and save a planet.
• * *Cloak of Illusion (Tor 0-812-55202-4, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 287pp, pb) [Cingulum] Sf novel, sequel to The Cingulum.
• * *Conan and the Amazon (Tor 0-812-52493-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Sword & Sorcery novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
• * *Conan and the Manhunters (Tor 0-812-52489-6, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * *Conan and the Treasure Of Python (Tor 0-812-51415-7, Nov ’93 [Dec ’93], $7.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) [Conan] Novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * _Conan and the Treasure Of Python (Tor 0-812-55000-5, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1993) novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * *Conan the Bold (Tor 0-812-55210-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 282pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on the Robert E. Howard hero and copyright by the estate. In this adventure, a young Conan first leaves the Cimmerian hills.
• * _Conan the Bold (Tor 0-812-55210-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1989) Sword & Sorcery novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard. Copyrighted by Conan Properties. Third printing.
• * *Conan the Champion (Tor 0-812-54260-6, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novel based on Howard’s mighty-thewed character. This volume also has an up-to-date Conan chronology which includes all the Conan continuations plus a Conan history.
• * _Conan the Champion (Sphere 0-7474-0172-1, Jan ’89, £2.99, 237pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novelization. Volume 30 in the “Conan” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Conan the Marauder (Tor 0-812-54266-5, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novelization in the “Conan” shared-hero series.
• * _Conan the Marauder (Orbit 0-7474-0307-4, Feb ’91, £3.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novelization.
• * *Conan the Rogue (Tor 0-812-51411-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $7.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * _Conan the Rogue (Tor 0-812-52141-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 304pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * _Conan the Rogue (Tor 0-812-52141-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1991) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character. Second printing.
• * *Conan the Valorous (Tor 0-812-54244-4, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $6.95, 280pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novel in the continuing series based on the Robert E. Howard character.
• * _Conan the Valorous (Tor 0-812-54252-5, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 280pp, pb) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel based on the character by Robert E. Howard.
• * _Conan the Valorous (Sphere 0-7221-7396-2, Sep ’87, £2.50, 216pp, pb) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 27 in the “Conan” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Conan the Valorous (Tor 0-812-51809-8, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1985) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; fourth printing.
• * _Delta Pavonis (with Eric Kotani) See entry under Eric Kotani.
• * *DragonLance: Murder in Tarsis (TSR 0-7869-0500-X, Jun ’96, $18.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Fantasy/mystery novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *The Enigma Variations (Ace 0-441-18056-6, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.50, 234pp, pb) Sf novel about an amnesiac man in a future controlled by gigantic corporations.
• * _The Island Worlds (with Eric Kotani) See entry under Eric Kotani.
• * *The Islander (Tor 0-812-50627-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 380pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, first book of the “Stormlands” series.
• * _King of the Wood (Tor 0-812-55206-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) alternate-history sf novel.
• * *The Poisoned Lands (Tor 0-812-50631-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Stormlands” series.
• * *Queens of Land and Sea (Tor 0-812-52307-5, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Stormlands” series.
• * *Spacer: Window of the Mind (Ace 0-441-77787-2, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Space Angel] Sf space adventure novel featuring “a tough girl from the Worst Neighborhood in the galaxy.” Sequel to Space Angel.
• * *SPQR (Avon 0-380-75993-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 229pp, pb) [SPQR] Associational historical mystery novel by an sf writer, set in ancient Rome.
• * *SPQR II: The Catiline Conspiracy (Avon 0-380-75995-0, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [SPQR] Associational mystery novel set in ancient Rome, by an sf writer, second book of a series.
• * *SPQR: The Sacrilege (Avon 0-380-76627-2, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 216pp, pb) [SPQR] Associational mystery novel set in ancient Rome, third book of a series.
• * *SPQR: The Temple of the Muses (Avon 0-380-76629-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.50, 215pp, pb, cover by R. Crawford) [SPQR] Associational mystery set in ancient Rome, fourth book in a series.
• * *The Steel Kings (Tor 0-812-51831-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Stormlands” series.

ROBERTS, KEITH (John Kingston) (1935-2000) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Anita (Owlswick Press 0-913896-27-6, Nov ’90, $20.25, 195pp, hc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Reprint (Millington 1970) slightly revised and expanded collection of 16 stories about a young witch. This includes one story not in the original volume, and is illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian. (Contents)
• * *The Event (Morrigan 1-870338-80-4, Jul ’89 [Sep ’89], £2.95, 12pp, tp, cover by Keith Roberts) Ghost story.
• * *Grainne (Kerosina 0-948893-07-9, May ’87 [Apr ’87], £12.50, 175pp, hc) Quasi-fantasy/alternate world novel. It follows the heroine “from her student days in Oxford, through a meteoric career in television to her self-ordained destiny as high priestess of a radically new social movement.” Distributed in the U.S. through specialty dealers only. Limited to 750 copies in this form.
• * *Grainne (Kerosina 0-948893-06-0, May ’87 [Aug ’87], £35.00, 175pp, hc) Limited (250 copies) edition of above, supplied in slipcase with hardback of A Heron Caught in Weeds.
• * *A Heron Caught in Weeds (Kerosina 0-948893-09-5, Apr ’87, £3.95, 46pp, tp) Poetry collection, edited by Jim Goddard. Limited to 350 copies in this form. (Contents)
• * *A Heron Caught in Weeds (Kerosina 0-948893-08-7, Apr ’87 [Aug ’87], 46pp, hc) Limited (300 copies) hardback edition of above, distributed with Collector’s edition of Grainne.
• * *Irish Encounters (Kerosina 0-948893-35-4, Dec ’88, £4.50, 80pp, tp) Booklet of essays about a trip to Ireland in 1978. Also available in a hardcover edition (-34-6) which is available only in a boxed set with The Road to Paradise.
• * *Kaeti & Company (Kerosina Books 0-948893-00-1, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £25.00, 224 + 12pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Signed, numbered, limited edition of 200 copies of a time travel short story cycle featuring Kaeti Fredericks. This edition adds a laid in pamphlet containing the story “Kaeti’s Apocalypse”. (Contents)
• * *Kaeti & Company (Kerosina Books 0-948893-01-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £12.50, 224pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Trade edition of the above.
• * *Kaeti on Tour (The Sirius Book Company 1-874689-01-6, Sep ’92, £13.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Kaeti Fredericks] Collection of nine stories, seven original, about Kaeti, the protagonist of Kaeti and Company, with a linking narrative by Roberts. (Contents)
• * *Kaeti on Tour (The Sirius Book Company 1-874689-00-8, Sep ’92, £40.00, 366pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Collection of eleven stories, with a linking narrative by Roberts. This edition is limited to 150 signed copies and contains two stories that were not in the trade edition. (Contents)
• * *Kiteworld (Gollancz 0-575-03604-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £8.95, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Episodic sf novel of a strange post-holocaust culture. Parts of it previously appeared as three novelettes. (Contents)
• * _Kiteworld (Penguin 0-14-008238-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.95, 288pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf quasi-novel composed of interlinked tales set in a post-holocaust world ruled by the Church Variant. First paperback edition.
• * +Kiteworld (Arbor House 0-87795-790-8, Jul ’86 [Apr ’86], $15.95, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) collection of interrelated sf tales, billed here as a fantasy novel.
• * _Kiteworld (SFBC #105239, Jan ’87, $6.98, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) episodic sf novel.
• * _Kiteworld (Ace 0-441-44851-8, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 293pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel.
• * _Kiteworld (Penguin 0-14-011069-0, May ’88, £3.95, 288pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1985) sf novel. In the “Penguin Classic Science Fiction” series.
• * *Lemady: Episodes of a Writer’s Life (Borgo Press 0-8095-3101-1, 1997 [Feb ’98], $21.00, 168pp, tp, cover by Keith Roberts) Non-fiction autobiography, described as “a wry memoir”; it skirts the line between fiction and remembrance. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $3.00 shipping. Credit card orders: 909-884-5813, fax 909-888-4942.
• * *The Lordly Ones (Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Aug ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc) Collection. (Contents)
• * _The Lordly Ones (David & Charles/Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Apr ’87 [Jan ’87], $18.95, 160pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories; first U.S. appearance. This is a false entry, the 1986 British edition with a U.S. price.
• * *The Natural History of the P.H. (Kerosina 0-948893-19-2, Apr ’88, £2.50, 16pp, ph) Brief pamphlet with an essay on the Primitive Heroine. Non-fiction. Limited edition of 500 copies.
• * _Pavane (Gollancz 0-575-03437-8, May ’84 [Apr ’84], £8.95, 279pp, hc) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) sf collection/novel. This edition follows the U.S. text (Doubleday 1968) which added one story.
• * _Pavane (Penguin 0-14-010564-6, Jun ’88, £3.95, 237pp, tp) [Pavane] Reissue (Doubleday 1968) sf collection. This edition contains ‘The White Boat’, omitted from some earlier UK editions. In the “Penguin Classic Science Fiction” series.
• * _Pavane (Gollancz 0-575-06103-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, viii+279pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) SF mosaic novel. Classic alternate-Earth novel of a world with Elizabeth I assassinated and 20th century England — still held in the repressive grip of the Church of Rome — feeling the first stirrings of rebellion. This edition follows the US edition (Doubleday 1968) which added ’The White Boat’.
• * *The Road to Paradise (Kerosina 0-948893-33-8, Dec ’88, £13.95, 228pp, hc) Thriller, listed for Roberts fans. Limited edition of 750 copies. Also available in a limited-edition boxed hardcover (-32-X, £37.50) with Irish Encounters. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author.
• * *Winterwood and Other Hauntings (Morrigan 1-870338-70-7, Jul ’89, £13.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Peter Pearce) Collection of ghost stories, all revised for this edition, with an introduction by Robert Holdstock. (Contents)
• * *Winterwood and Other Hauntings (limited edition) (Morrigan 1-870338-75-8, Jul ’89, £40.00, 184pp, hc, cover by Keith Roberts) Special slip-cased edition of the above, limited to 250 copies, containing the extra story ‘The Event’ and signed by both Roberts and Holdstock. (Contents) [Not seen]

ROBERTS, LAURA PEYTON

• * *Ghost of a Chance (Delacorte 0-385-32508-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Robert Papp) Young-adult ghost novel. Best friends both fall in love with a ghost.

ROBERTS, NORA; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Times Change (Silhouette 0-373-07317-8, Jan ’90 [Feb ’92], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Time-travel sf romance novel. Jacob Hornblower comes from 300 years in the future in an experimental device and finds his way to Sunny Stone’s mountain cabin. A Silhouette Intimate Moments romance. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.