The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ROBINSON, SPIDER (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Lifehouse (Baen 0-671-, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by David Lee Anderson) [Lifehouse] SF novel, sequel to Deathkiller. A couple discover superhumans who can edit people’s memories.
• * *Melancholy Elephants (Penguin Canada 0-14-007427-9, 1984 [May ’85], C$6.95, 239pp, pb) Collection of 12 stories. Published in a 1984 Canadian trade edition only. This is the first we’ve seen of it. Completists, take note. (Contents)
• * +Melancholy Elephants (Tor 0-812-55231-8, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 244pp, pb) Collection of 13 stories plus an introduction explaining the special 1984 Canadian trade edition. This edition drops one story and adds two stories plus a “concordiat” to another story. (Contents)
• * _Mindkiller (Ace 0-441-53299-3, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Lifehouse] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1982) sf novel. Fourth printing.
• * _Mindkiller (Ace 0-441-53299-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 246pp, pb) [Lifehouse] Reissue (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1982) sf novel; fifth printing.
• * *Night of Power (Baen 0-671-55944-3, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $13.95, 287pp, hc) Near-future sf novel about a black uprising in Manhattan.
• * _Night of Power (Berkley 0-425-08475-2, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1985) near-future sf novel of race war in New York.
• * *Off the Wall at Callahan’s (Tor 0-312-85661-X, Feb ’94, $9.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Richard Hescox) [*Callahan’s Place] Collection of graffiti, puns, etc. from the spacetime saloon, and other places.
• * *The Star Dancers (with Jeanne Robinson) (Baen 0-671-87802-6, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Stardance] Omnibus of SF novels Stardance and Starseed. (Contents)
• * _Stardance (with Jeanne Robinson) (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 278pp, hc) [Stardance] Reprint (Dial 1979) sf novel with an introduction by Elizabeth Anne Hull and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Stardance (with Jeanne Robinson) (Baen 0-671-72097-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Stardance] Reprint (Dial 1979) sf novel based on a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella.
• * _Stardance (with Jeanne Robinson) (SFBC #13971, Jan ’97, $7.98, 152pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Stardance] Reprint (Dial 1979 as part of the novel of the same title) Hugo and Nebula award winning novella. Introduction by David G. Hartwell. This is part of the SFBC Collection, and has ISBN 1-56865-261-5; there is a special price of $2.98 with any purchase.
• * *Starmind (with Jeanne Robinson) (Ace 0-441-00209-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $21.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) [Stardance] SF novel, third in the “Stardance” trilogy.
• * _Starmind (with Jeanne Robinson) (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’95, no price, hc) [Stardance] SF novel, third in the “Stardance” trilogy. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Ace edition listed three months ago. This signed, gilt-edged, leatherbound edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available only by subscription.
• * _Starmind (with Jeanne Robinson) (Ace 0-441-00305-2, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Stardance] Reprint (Ace 1995) SF novel, third in the “Stardance” trilogy.
• * *Starseed (with Jeanne Robinson) (Ace 0-441-78357-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $17.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) [Stardance] Sf novel of a dancer whose illness will no longer allow her to dance on Earth, set in the same universe as Stardance.
• * _Starseed (with Jeanne Robinson) (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’92, no price, 247pp, hc) [Stardance] Sf novel set in the same universe as Stardance, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Ace edition listed five months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Starseed (with Jeanne Robinson) (Ace 0-441-78360-0, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Stardance] Reprint (Ace 1991) sf novel, set in the same universe as Stardance.
• * _Telempath (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8028-2, Aug ’86, £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley/Putnam 1976) sf novel.
• * _Telempath (Tor 0-812-55233-4, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1976) sf novel set after a virus has swept the Earth, leaving humanity unable to maintain civilization.
• * *Time Pressure (Ace 0-441-80932-4, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $16.95, 217pp, hc) [Lifehouse] Sf novel. Sequel and prequel to Mindkiller.
• * _Time Pressure (Ace 0-441-80933-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 244pp, pb) [Lifehouse] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novel. Sequel/prequel to Mindkiller.
• * _Time Travelers Strictly Cash (Berkley 0-425-09722-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1981) collection of 11 items plus even more introductions.
• * *User Friendly (Baen 0-671-87864-6, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 282pp, pb) Collection of 17 short pieces, including three essays, one speech, two raps, and 11 stories. (Contents)

ROBINSON, SUE (stories)

• * *The Amendment (Birch Lane 1-55972-018-2, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 237pp, hc) Political thriller set in a near-future US depicting the consequences of a Human Life Amendment.
• * _The Amendment (Carol Paperbacks 0-8216-2501-2, Aug ’91, $4.50, 237pp, pb, cover by Pamela Patrick) Reprint (Birch Lane 1990) political thriller set in a near-future U.S., concerning the dangerous consequences of an anti-abortion Human Life Amendment.

ROBISHAW, SUE

• * *The Last Lamp (ManyTracks 0-9652036-0-3, 1997 [Mar ’97], $14.95, 245pp, tp, cover by Steve Schmeck) SF novel. An artist is caught in the middle of a fight over restoring the old 20th-century technology. Order from ManyTracks, Rt 1 Box 52 C, Cooks MI 49817; add $3.00 shipping; e-mail: manytrac@up.net

ROBITAILLE, JULIE (1949- )

• * *Quantum Leap: The Beginning (Corgi 0-552-13642-5, Feb ’90, £2.50, 191pp, pb) [Quantum Leap] Novelization of the first episode in the new sf tv series.
• * _Quantum Leap: The Beginning (Boxtree 1-85283-392-0, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], £3.99, 191pp, pb) [Quantum Leap] Reprint (Corgi 1990) sf novelization.
• * *Quantum Leap: The Ghost and the Gumshoe (Corgi 0-552-13643-3, Apr ’90, £2.99, 192pp, pb) [Quantum Leap] Sf tv series novelization.
• * _Quantum Leap: The Ghost and the Gumshoe (Boxtree 1-85283-397-1, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], £3.99, 192pp, pb) [Quantum Leap] Reprint (Corgi 1990) sf novelization.

ROCHE, THOMAS S., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Brothers of the Night: Tales of Men, Blood, and Immortality (with Michael Rowe) See entry under Michael Rowe.
• * _In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (with Nancy Kilpatrick) See entry under Nancy Kilpatrick.
• * *Noirotica (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-390-2, Mar ’96, $6.95, 319pp, tp) Associational original anthology of 24 stories of erotic crime. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Poppy Z. Brite & Christina Faust, John Shirley, Cecilia Tan, and Nancy Kilpatrick. (Contents)
• * *Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-584-0, Dec ’97 [Apr ’98], $7.95, 465pp, pb, cover by Eric Stanton) Associational original anthology of 23 stories of erotic crime, two reprints. Authors include Brian Hodge, Lucy Taylor, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Jeff Gelb. Available from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
• * _Sons of Darkness: Tales of Men, Blood, and Immortality (with Michael Rowe) See entry under Michael Rowe.

ROCHLIN, DORIS (1932- )

• * *Frobisch’s Angel (Taplinger 0-8008-3058-X, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], $16.95, 331pp, hc) Seriocomic fantasy novel. Frobisch sees an angel in Rome who tells him to “do good”, and gives him clairvoyance. A first novel.

ROCK, PAM

• * *Moon of Desire (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-51913-5, Nov ’93 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 388pp, pb) Sf romance. On a world with three moons, a young woman is determined not to let her newborn nephew become the victim of a secret society.

RODDA, EMILY; pseudonym of Jennifer Rowe, (1948- ) (stories)

• * +Finders Keepers (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-10516-5, Oct ’91, $12.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Noela Young) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. First American edition (Omnibus Australia 1990).
• * _The Pigs Are Flying! (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-08130-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $10.95, 137pp, hc) Reprint (Angus & Robertson 1986 as Pigs Might Fly) children’s fantasy novel, illustrated by Noela Young.

RODDENBERRY, GENE; [i.e., Eugene Wesley Roddenberry] (1921-1991) (stories)

• * _The Making of Star Trek (with Stephen E. Whitfield) See entry under Stephen E. Whitfield
• * _Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Titan 1-85286-069-3, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £2.95, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1979) sf film novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Titan 1-85286-069-3, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket; Futura 1979) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.

RODEN, BARBARA, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Ghosts: The Supernatural Anthologies of Hugh Lamb (with Christopher Roden) (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-14-1, Apr ’96 [Jul ’96], £8.00, 68pp, ph, cover by Pat Walsh) Anthology of 5 stories, with a Foreword by the editors, and a long introductory essay by Mike Ashley. Limited to 350 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $16.00. (Contents)
• * *Lady Stanhope’s Manuscript and Other Supernatural Tales (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-01-X, Dec ’94 [Apr ’95], £5.00, 55pp, ph, cover by Pat Walsh) Anthology of 5 original ghost/supernatural tales, with an Introduction by the editor, and illustrations by Walsh, Goffin, Maloret and Hunter. Issued as a booklet in card covers. (Contents)
• * *Midnight Never Comes (with Christopher Roden) (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-34-6, Aug ’97, C$51.00, xii+224pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Original anthology of 17 horror stories. Authors include Terry Lamsley, John Whitbourn, Jonathan Aycliffe, and Simon Clark. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £24.00. (Contents)
• * _Two Ghost Stories See entry under L. T. C. Rolt.

RODEN, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (stories)

• * _Forgotten Ghosts: The Supernatural Anthologies of Hugh Lamb (with Barbara Roden) See entry under Barbara Roden.
• * _Midnight Never Comes (with Barbara Roden) See entry under Barbara Roden.
• * _Two Ghost Stories See entry under L. T. C. Rolt.

RODGERS, ALAN (Paul) (1959- ) (stories)

• * *Blood of the Children (Bantam 0-553-28335-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 299pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel of children in the thrall of a sentient stone that thrives on torture and cruelty. A first novel.
• * _Blood of the Children (Bantam UK 0-553-40247-1, Sep ’90, £3.99, 299pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1990) horror novel.
• * *Bone Music (Longmeadow Press 0-681-10086-9, Sep ’95, $19.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Horror novel. A dying bluesman sings the song that heralds the Apocalypse, and it’s up to the blues-singing Hoodoo Doctors to hold back the forces of Hell.
• * *Fire (Bantam 0-553-28777-X, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 505pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Epic apocalyptic sf/horror thriller of a fundamentalist attempt to create Armageddon. Highly recommended (SW).
• * *New Life for the Dead (Wildside Press no ISBN, Aug ’91 [Oct ’91], $27.50, 134pp, hc) Collection of five stories and seven poems, with an introduction by William Relling, Jr. This is a limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies. (Contents)
• * *Night (Bantam 0-553-28971-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel of a young man whose family legacy is to protect the cross of Christ.
• * _Night (Wildside Press 1-880448-00-9, May ’92, $35.00, 362pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1991) horror novel. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition. A 26-copy lettered edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. Available from The Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.
• * *Pandora (Bantam 0-553-56305-X, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.50, 371pp, pb, cover by Andrzej Malinowski) SF/horror novel. A government UFO coverup includes an angry alien child with strange powers.
• * _Pandora (Millennium 1-85798-248-7, Jun ’95, £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Dove) Reprint (Bantam 1995) SF/horror novel. A government UFO coverup of a craft shot down in the 1950s includes an angry alien child with the power to alter space/time. [First U.K. edition]

ROEMER, KENNETH, ed.

• * _Utopian Studies 1 (with Nicholas D. Smith & Gorman Beauchamp) See entry under Gorman Beauchamp.

ROESSNER, MICHAELA; [i.e., Michaela-Marie Roessner-Herman] (1950- ) (stories)

• * *The Stars Dispose (Tor 0-312-85754-3, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $23.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Stars Dispose] Historical fantasy novel. Caterina de Medici and her astrologer must survive power struggles in Renaissance Florence.
• * _The Stars Dispose (Tor 0-812-55014-5, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Stars Dispose] Reprint (Tor 1997) historical fantasy novel of Caterina de Medici and Renaissance Florence.
• * *Vanishing Point (Tor 0-312-85213-4, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $21.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novel set in a future where 90% of the human race has disappeared overnight. Partially set at the Winchester Mystery House. Recommended (SW).
• * _Vanishing Point (SFBC #01882, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.98, 332pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel set in a future where 90% of the human race has disappeared overnight. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Vanishing Point (Tor 0-812-51672-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1993) near-future SF novel.
• * *Walkabout Woman (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27545-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 276pp, pb) Australian aboriginal fantasy novel, a first novel. Recommended. (FCM)

ROGASKY, BARBARA (stories)

• * *The Golem (Holiday House 0-8234-0964-3, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], $18.95, 96pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult novellette, a retelling of the Jewish legend. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

ROGERS, BRUCE HOLLAND; pseudonym of Bruce P. Rogers, (1958- ); see pseudonym Hanovi Braddock (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

ROGERS, BRUCE P.; see pseudonym Bruce Holland Rogers (stories) (chron.)

ROGERS, DAVID G. (stories)

• * +The Complete Avengers (St. Martin’s 0-312-03187-4, Sep ’89, $12.95, 285pp, tp) Associational non-fiction; an episode guide to the British tv series. First American edition (Boxtree 1989).

ROGERS, MARK

• * *The Dead (Berkley 0-425-11611-5, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 298pp, pb) Horror novel. The prophecies of the Book of Revelation began coming true, the virtuous disappear and the dead rise, walk, and try to eat everybody that’s left.

ROGERS, MARK E(arl) (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Adventures of Samurai Cat (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-60-7, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $20.00, hc) [Samurai Cat] Fantasy spoof with numerous illustrations by the author/artist.
• * *The Adventures of Samurai Cat (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-61-5, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $50.00, hc) [Samurai Cat] Limited, signed, deluxe edition of the above.
• * *The Blood of the Lamb: The Devouring Void (Ace 0-441-06827-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Blood of the Lamb] Fantasy novel of wizardry and intrigue, second book of a series.
• * *The Blood of the Lamb: The Expected One (Ace 0-441-06826-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Michael Racz) [Blood of the Lamb] Fantasy novel of messianic intrigue among wizards, first book of a new series.
• * *The Blood of the Lamb: The Riddled Man (Ace 0-441-06828-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Blood of the Lamb] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Blood of the Lamb” series.
• * *More Adventures of Samurai Cat (Tor 0-812-55248-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $9.95, 127pp, pb) [Samurai Cat] Humorous fantasy work with three stories and lots of illustrations by the author in color and b&w, sequel to Samurai Cat. (Contents)
• * *The Nightmare of God (Ace 0-441-58024-6, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Zorachus] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Zorachus.
• * _Samurai Cat (Tor 0-812-57681-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $8.95, unpaginated, tp) [Samurai Cat] Reprint (Grant 1984), fantasy art and humor, with both black & white and color illustrations.
• * *Samurai Cat Goes to Hell (Tor 0-312-86642-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $13.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Mark E. Rogers) [Samurai Cat] Humorous fantasy spoof, sixth and supposedly final book in the series.
• * *Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies (Tor 0-312-85744-6, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $10.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Mark E. Rogers) [Samurai Cat] Humorous fantasy novel, fourth book and second novel (albeit episodic) featuring the Samurai Cat and his trouble-prone nephew Shiro. Ilustrations by the author.
• * *Samurai Cat in the Real World (Tor 0-312-93198-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 128pp, tp) [Samurai Cat] Fantasy spoof with many illustrations by the author/artist, third “Samurai Cat” book.
• * *The Sword of Samurai Cat (Tor 0-312-85156-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $7.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Mark E. Rogers) [Samurai Cat] Humorous fantasy novel, the fourth book of the “Samurai Cat” series, with illustrations by the author.
• * *Zorachus (Ace 0-441-95971-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 298pp, pb) [Zorachus] Dark heroic fantasy novel of a wizard’s son with “an unquenchable thirst for vengeance.”

ROGERS, MARSHALL

• * *Demon with a Glass Hand (with Harlan Ellison) (DC 0-930289-09-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $5.95, unpaginated, pb) Full color graphic story adaptation of Ellison’s original script. 8.5" x 11".