The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ROTSLER, (Charles) WILLIAM (stories) (continued)

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• * *Science Fictionisms (Gibbs Smith 0-87905-693-2, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Non-fiction book of quotes by SF writers, divided into “isms”: witticisms, truisms, writingisms, physicsisms, etc. Order from Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Box 667, Layton UT 84041.
• * _Science Fictionisms (SFBC #11701, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $2.98, 144pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Gibbs Smith 1995) non-fiction book of quotes by SF writers. This is similar to the Gibbs Smith trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number next to the UPC.

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

• * *The Slaying of the Dragon: Modern Tales of the Playful Imagination (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-182975-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $14.95, 303pp, hc) Anthology of 11 stories by Borges, Ballard, Lem, and other literary fantasists. (Contents)

ROUCH, JAMES

• * *The Zone #3: Hunter Killer (Zebra 0-8217-1662-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.50, 206pp, pb) [Zone] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * +The Zone #4: Sky Strike (Zebra 0-8217-1770-7, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.50, 221pp, pb) [Zone] Sf novel of a British/American strike force fighting WWIII in Europe. Reprint (New English Library 1981), first U.S. edition.
• * +The Zone #5: Overkill (Zebra 0-8217-1832-0, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.50, 192pp, pb) [Zone] Reprint (NEL 1982) sf novel in a post-holocaust adventure series. 1st U.S. edition.
• * *The Zone #6: Plague Bomb (Zebra 0-8217-1911-4, 1986 [Sep ’86], $2.50, 223pp, pb) [Zone] Sf novel in a post-holocaust adventure series.
• * *The Zone #8: Civilian Slaughter (Zebra 0-8217-2633-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $2.95, 219pp, pb) [Zone] Near-future military sf novel.
• * *Zone #9: Body Count (Zebra 0-8217-3101-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Zone] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.

ROUTLEY, JANE (1962- ) (stories)

• * *Fire Angels (Avon Eos 0-380-79425-X, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $13.00, 436pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) [Dion] Fantasy novel, sequel to Mage Heart. Dion’s family asks her to help her homeland.
• * *Mage Heart (Morrow/AvoNova 0-688-14777-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $23.00, 470pp, hc, cover by Rick Lovell) [Dion] Fantasy novel. A female magician assigned to guard a duke’s mistress falls afoul of politics and a demon. A first novel.
• * _Mage Heart (AvoNova 0-380-78127-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Steven Adler) [Dion] Reprint (AvoNova 1996) fantasy novel. Cover given as by Rick Lovell.

ROVIN, JEFF(rey Daniel) (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Aliens, Robots, and Spaceships (Facts on File 0-8160-3107-X, Sep ’95, $35.00, 372pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Non-fiction guide to creatures and devices from SF books, film, and comics. An eclectic listing that includes Ford Prefect, but not Flash Gordon; Twiki (Buck Rogers’ robot sidekick in the 1979 movie/TV series), but not Buck Rogers. Appendices give separate lists of comic book aliens, Outer Limits aliens, Star Trek aliens, and Star Wars aliens.
• * _Encyclopaedia of Superheroes (Facts on File 0-8160-1168-0, Mar ’86, £15.95, 464pp, hc) Reprint (Facts on File (US) 1985) associational reference book.
• * *The Encyclopedia of Monsters (Facts on File 0-8160-1824-3, Oct ’89, $29.95, 390pp, hc) Encyclopedic guide to monsters, including those from film, literature, and comics; from Frankenstein to It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Illustrated with photos. Also announced in trade paperback (-2303-4) but not seen.
• * *The Encyclopedia of Superheroes (Facts on File 0-8160-1168-0, Nov ’85, $29.95, 443pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference book listing mostly comic superheroes but also some pulp characters, etc.
• * _The Encyclopedia of Superheroes (Facts on File 0-8160-1679-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $19.95, 443pp, tp) Reissue (Facts on File 1985) reference book on comic superheroes. Second printing. UK price £10.95.
• * *The Encyclopedia of Supervillains (Facts on File 0-8160-1356-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $29.95, 416pp, hc) Non-fiction, illustrated reference book, a “Who’s Who” of comic book villains. This is a companion volume to Rovin’s earlier Encyclopedia of Superheroes. The current volume mentions a softcover edition on the copyright page, but we have not seen it. UK price £17.95.
• * _The Encyclopedia of Supervillains (Facts on File 0-8160-1899-5, Oct ’88 [Dec ’88], $19.95, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Facts on File 1987) illustrated reference book on comics villains. This is internally identical to the 1987 hardcover, including the printing, etc., but is the first copy we’ve seen in trade paperback. The copyright page has both ISBNs. Available in the U.K. for £10.95.
• * *Mortal Kombat (Boulevard 1-57297-059-6, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 293pp, pb) Novelization based on the fantasy video game. Copyrighted by Midway Manufacturing.
• * *Re-Animator (Pocket 0-671-63723-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 223pp, pb) Horror novelization.
• * *Return of the Wolf Man (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16576-0, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.99, 339pp, pb) Novelization of the movie. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
• * *Vespers (St. Martin’s 0-312-19351-3, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $23.95, 308pp, hc) Horror novel. Mutant bats hunt humans in NYC.

ROWE, ALICK; see house pseudonym Maria Palmer

• * _Horrorscopes: Aquarius - Trapped [as by Maria Palmer] See entry under Maria Palmer.

ROWE, JENNIFER (June) (1948- ); see pseudonym Emily Rodda (stories)

ROWE, MICHAEL, ed. (stories)

• * *Brothers of the Night: Tales of Men, Blood, and Immortality (with Thomas S. Roche) (Cleis Press 1-57344-025-6, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $14.95, 164pp, tp) Original anthology of 11 stories of gay erotica. Authors include Edo van Belkom, Thomas S. Roche, and Caitlin R. McKiernan. (Contents)
• * *Sons of Darkness: Tales of Men, Blood, and Immortality (with Thomas S. Roche) (Cleis Press 1-57344-059-0, Oct ’96, $12.95, 174pp, tp) Original anthology of 12 stories, one a reprint, about gay male vampires. Authors include C. Dean Andersson and Poppy Z. Brite. Available from Cleis Press, PO Box 8933, Pittsburgh PA 15221; add 15% shipping; credit-card orders 800-780-2279. (Contents)

ROWE, PATRICIA

• * *Children of the Dawn (Warner 0-446-60205-1, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) [Keepers of the Misty Time] Prehistorical novel with mystic elements, sequel to Keepers of the Misty Time.
• * *Keepers of the Misty Time (Warner 0-446-36435-5, Apr ’94 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) [Keepers of the Misty Time] Prehistorical novel with mystic elements. Published in 1994, but not previously listed.

ROWENA; [i.e., Rowena Morrill] (1944- ); see under Morrill, Rowena

ROWLANDS, D(avid) G. (1941- ) (stories)

• * *The Executor and Other Ghost Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-11-7, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xiv+285pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 40 stories, 3 original, including the complete contents of The Living and the Dead (1991). There is a new Introduction by Rowlands. Limited to 400 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00. (Contents)
• * *The Living & the Dead (Crimson Altar Press no ISBN, 1991 [Jan ’92], £2.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Alan Hunter) [Mr. Batchel] Collection of seven ghost stories, five original, about the protagonist of E.G. Swain’s Stoneground Ghost Tales, the Rev Roland Batchel. (Contents)

ROWLEY, CHRISTOPHER B.

• * *Battledragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45343-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel, fourth in the “Bazil Broketail” series.
• * *Bazil Broketail (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45206-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $5.99, 476pp, pb) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel of a boy and his dragon who must rescue a princess from the forces of evil.
• * _Bazil Broketail (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45206-2, Feb ’98, $6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Reissue (Roc 1992) fantasy novel, first in the “Bazil Broketail” series. Seventh printing.
• * *The Black Ship (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31489-1, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Fenrile] Sf novel, sequel to The War for Eternity.
• * _The Black Ship (Arrow 0-09-949260-1, Jan ’87, £2.95, 310pp, pb) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Sequel to The War for Eternity. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Black Ship (Century 0-7126-1589-X, Mar ’87 [Aug ’87], £10.95, 320pp, hc) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * *A Dragon at Worlds’ End (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45546-0, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel, volume six in the “Bazil Broketail” series. Bazil and his boy help forest people fight slavers.
• * _A Dragon at Worlds’ End (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45546-0, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Reissue (Roc 1997) fantasy novel, volume five in the “Bazil Broketail” series. This still indicates first printing, but has a new price.
• * *The Dragons of Argonath (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45547-9, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel. Sixth book in the “Bazil Broketail” series.
• * *Dragons of War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45342-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel about warring dragons, third in the “Bazil Broketail” series.
• * *The Founder (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33175-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 251pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Fenrile] Sf adventure novel about the danger surrounding an interstellar colonial ship. Prequel to The War for Eternity.
• * *Golden Sunlands (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33174-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 340pp, pb) Sf novel of “a whole world abducted into a Universe of strange possibilities.”
• * _Golden Sunlands (Legend 0-09-958600-2, Jun ’88, £3.50, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Hammer (Arrow 0-09-949270-9, Jul ’87, £2.50, 297pp, pb) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Hammer (Century 0-7126-1627-6, Sep ’87, £10.95, 304pp, hc) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * *Starhammer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31490-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 297pp, pb) [Vang] Sf novel of humans vs. an enslaving interstellar empire.
• * _Starhammer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31490-5, Oct ’90, $3.95, 297pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Vang] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) sf novel, first book of the “Vang” series; second printing.
• * *A Sword for a Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45235-6, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.99, 479pp, pb) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel of warring dragons, sequel to Bazil Broketail.
• * _A Sword for a Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45235-6, Feb ’98, $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Reissue (Roc 1993) fantasy novel, volume two in the “Bazil Broketail” series. Fifth printing.
• * *To a Highland Nation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35860-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fenrile] Sf novel, fourth book of the “Fenrille” series.
• * *The Vang: The Battlemaster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35859-7, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vang] Military sf novel, second book of the “Vang” series.
• * *The Vang: The Military Form (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33176-1, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 369pp, pb) [Vang] Sf novel, sequel to Starhammer. Space opera with alien things that take over people and change them.
• * _The Vang: The Military Form (Legend 0-09-963090-7, Jul ’89, £3.50, 369pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Vang: The Military Form (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33176-1, Oct ’90, $4.95, 369pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vang] Reissue (Del Rey 1988) sf novel, second book of the “Vang” series; third printing.
• * _The War for Eternity (Arrow 0-09-948910-4, Sep ’86, £2.95, 337pp, pb) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel.
• * _The War for Eternity (Hutchinson 0-7126-9541-9, Nov ’86, £8.95, 352pp, hc) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel.
• * _The War for Eternity (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31052-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Fenrile] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) sf novel; seventh printing.
• * *The Wizard and the Floating City (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45469-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Bazil Broketail] Fantasy novel set in the same world as the “Bazil Broketail” series.

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

• * *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3849-2, Jul ’98 [Oct ’98], £10.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Cliff Wright) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel; a sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
• * *Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3274-5, Jun ’97 [Nov ’97], £4.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Thomas Taylor) [Harry Potter] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the 1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A hardcover edition (-3269-9, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Scholastic/Levine 0-590-35340-3, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $16.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel. Orphan Harry discovers he’s the son of a witch and a wizard when he is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone).

ROY, ARCHIE; [i.e., Archibald Edmiston Roy] (1924- )

• * _All Evil Shed Away (Apogee 1-869935-02-0, Sep ’86, £1.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1970) parallel time sf novel.
• * _The Curtained Sleep (Apogee 1-869935-00-4, Sep ’86, £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1969) parallel time sf novel.
• * _Deadlight (Apogee 1-869935-01-2, Sep ’86, £1.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Long 1968) parallel time sf novel.
• * _Devil in the Darkness (Apogee 1-869935-04-7, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1978) horror novel.
• * _Sable Night (Apogee 1-869935-03-9, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1973) horror novel.

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

• * *The X-Files #3: Bad Sign (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648326-7, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 134pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * *The X-Files: Bad Sign (HarperTrophy 0-06-447170-8, Jun ’97, $4.50, 134pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization, third in the new series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by 20th Century Fox Film.

ROYLE, NICHOLAS (John) (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Counterparts (Barrington 1-897729-02-2, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], £4.99, 231pp, tp) Slipstream horror novel.
• * _Counterparts (Penguin 0-14-024386-0, Mar ’95, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Colum Leith) Reprint (Barrington 1993) literary fantasy novel.
• * +Counterparts (White Wolf 1-56504-924-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 397pp, pb) Horror novel of a tightrope walker and actor in Berlin. First US edition (Barrington 1993).
• * *The Matter of the Heart (Abacus 0-349-10956-7, Nov ’97, £9.99, 305pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Royle) Associational novel. Parts appeared as anthologized short stories.
• * _The Matter of the Heart (Abacus 0-349-11002-6, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £6.99, 305pp, tp) Reprint (Abacus 1997) associational novel.

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• * *The Agony & the Ecstacy: New Writing for the World Cup (Sceptre 0-340-71241-4, May ’98, £6.99, 310pp, tp) Anthology of 24 original stories, including work by Graham Joyce, Chaz Brenchley, Chris Kenworthy and Mark Morris. (Contents)
• * *Darklands (Egerton Press 0-9518520-0-0, Nov ’91 [Jan ’92], £2.95, 116pp, pb, cover by Carl Flint) Anthology of eleven original horror stories, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher and Mark Morris, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. Order from 5 Windsor Court, Avenue Rd, LONDON, N15 5JQ. (Contents)
• * _Darklands (NEL 0-450-59764-4, Oct ’93, £4.99, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Egerton 1991) anthology of eleven original horror stories, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher and Mark Morris, with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. This edition contains a new introduction by the editor.
• * *Darklands 2 (Egerton Press 0-9518520-1-9, Oct ’92, £4.99, 206pp, tp, cover by Giuliana Becciu) Anthology of 23 original horror stories, including pieces by Garry Kilworth and Kim Newman. (Contents)
• * *Darklands 2 (NEL 0-450-60436-5, Jul ’94, £4.99, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Egerton 1992) horror original anthology. Abridged edition with 13 of the 23 stories, plus a new novelette by Ramsey Campbell, and a new introduction. (Contents)
• * *The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writers’ Dreams (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-533-4, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], £8.99, xvi+271pp, tp, cover by John Oakey) Associational collection of brief dreams by 211 (!) authors, most of whom write SF or fantasy. It includes Aldiss, Baxter, Brenchley, Brite, Carroll, Fowler, Gallagher, Haldeman, M John Harrison, Moorcock and Priest. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $14.99.
• * *The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories (Penguin 0-14-027007-8, Nov ’97, £6.99, 236pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 mainstream and genre stories set in New York, by authors including Jonathan Carroll, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, and Joyce Carol Oates. (Contents)

ROYO, LUIS (chron.)

• * *Secrets (NBM 1-56163-162-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $16.95, 79pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Art book collecting darker, mostly erotic, fantasy works. Order from NBM, 185 Madison Ave, Suite 1504, New York NY 10016; add $3.00 postage.
• * *Women (NBM 1-56163-171-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $16.95, 80pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Art book collecting fantasy cover-art images, most of well-armed women. There is an introduction by Antonio Altarriba. Order from NBM, 185 Madison Ave., Suite 1504, New York NY 10016; add $3.00 postage.

ROZANÈS, ALAIN P.

• * *The Great Confederation of Argos (Rivercross 0-944957-60-9, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $15.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Rute Vasconcelos) SF novel. Translated from the French by Melanie Brown. All the women of Earth mysteriously become pregnant. Available from Rivercross Publishing, 127 East 59th St, New York NY 10022; 800-451-4522.