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RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (continued)

• * _The Serpent Garden (Penguin 0-14-025880-9, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $12.95, 467pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Viking 1996) historical novel with supernatural elements.
• * * A Vision of Light (Delacorte 0-440-50109-1, Jan ’89 [Feb ’89], $19.95, 442pp, hc) [_Vision of Light_] Medieval historical novel with fantasy elements.
• * _A Vision of Light (Dell 0-440-20520-4, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 467pp, pb) [_Vision of Light_] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) medieval historical novel with fantasy elements.
• * _A Vision of Light (NEL 0-450-51611-3, Apr ’92, £5.99, 442pp, pb) [_Vision of Light_] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) mediæval fantasy novel.

RILEY, MICHAEL

• * * Conversations with Anne Rice (Ballantine 0-345-39636-7, Apr ’96, $12.00, 296pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of interviews conducted by a personal friend. A biographical chronology is included. [Rice]
• * _Interview with Anne Rice (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6581-2, Aug ’96, £9.99, 296pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1996 as Conversations with Anne Rice) non-fiction. [First U.K. edition]

RILEY, MICHAEL O.

• * * Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum (University Press of Kansas 0-7006-0832-X, May ’97 [Dec ’97], $29.95, 286pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) Non-fiction. Critical exploration of Baum’s fantasies, and the influence of Oz on American popular culture. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. [Baum]
• * _Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum (University Press of Kansas 0-7006-0933-4, Oct ’98, $15.95, 286pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) Reprint (University Press of Kansas 1997) non-fiction, a critical exploration of Baum’s fantasies. Order from University of Kansas Press, 2501 W 15th St., Lawrence KS 66049. [Baum]

RILEY, PHILIP J., ed. (1948- )

• * * Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-10-2, Apr ’90 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal comedy/horror film, plus introductory material by John Landis, Vincent Price, and the children of the stars, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
• * * The Bride of Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-06-4, 1989 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus introductory material by Valerie Hobson and Forrest J Ackerman, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
• * * Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-05-6, 1989 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus a foreword by Forrest J Ackerman, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
• * * The Mummy (MagicImage 1-882127-07-2, 1989 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus introductory material by Zita Johann and Walter J. Dougherty, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
• * * Son of Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-11-0, Apr ’90 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus production background by Gregory William Mark and many photos.
• * * This Island Earth (MagicImage 1-882127-27-7, Apr ’90 [Jul ’90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic ’50s sf film, plus introductory material by Franklin Coen and Jeff Morrow, production background by Robert Shotak, and many photos.

RIMEL, DUANE W(eldon) (1915-1996) (stories)

• * * To Yith and Beyond (Moshassuck Press no ISBN, Jan ’90, $15.00, 111pp, ph) Collection of nine stories, plus biographical material, non-fiction articles, and poetry. This is published to commemorate the author’s 75th birthday. Limited to 125 signed copies. The pages are xerox copies bound in a notebook. Available postpaid from Kenneth W. Faig, Jr., 2311 Swainwood Drive, Glenview IL 60025. (Contents)

RIMMER, STEVEN WILLIAM

• * * Coven (Ballantine 0-345-35750-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 295pp, pb) Witchcraft horror novel set in 17th-century Scotland and contemporary Wales.

RINGEL, HARRY (stories)

• * * The Tender Seed (Popular Library 0-445-20249-1, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Horror novel of a psychic child and a domineering faith-healer grandmother. A first novel.

RIORDAN, JAMES

• * * A Book of Narnians—The Lion, the Witch and the Others (with C. S. Lewis) (Collins 0-00-193914-9, Nov ’94, £9.99, 88pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] An illustrated guide to Narnia and its peoples: including a map, a glossary of characters, and a brief synopsis of the seven chronicles. The text is selected and compiled by James Riordan, and there is new, full colour artwork by Pauline Baynes.

RIPLEY, KAREN; pseudonym of Mary K. Urhausen, (1948- )

• * * The Alchemist of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38118-1, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [_Slow World_] SF novel with fantasy elements, book three of “The Slow World”. Trapped in a strange world, Cassidy fights swamp and monsters to find her way back to the real world only she remembers.
• * * The Persistence of Memory (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38120-3, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [_Slow World_] Sf novel, first book of “The Slow World” series. A young woman with amnesia begins to believe that she came from another world.
• * * Prisoner of Dreams (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36162-8, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 263pp, pb) [_Prisoner of Dreams_] Sf novel. The female captain of a space freighter faces an interstellar conspiracy and finds love. A first novel, portions of it are set on the planet Heinlein.
• * * The Tenth Class (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37033-3, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 299pp, pb) [_Prisoner of Dreams_] Romantic sf adventure novel, sequel to Prisoner of Dreams.
• * * The Warden of Horses (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38119-X, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 425pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [_Slow World_] SF novel, second book of “The Slow World” series. A young woman with amnesia believes that she came from another world, and seeks the man with the key to her memories.

RIVERS, DIANA (1931- )

• * * Daughters of the Great Star (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-314-4, Nov ’92, $9.95, 406pp, tp, cover by Catherine Hopkins) [_Hadra Archives_] Lesbian sf novel, prequel to Journey to Zelindar. Young women on an alien world become fugitive outcasts and begin the process of creating a new culture.
• * * The Hadra (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-319-5, Jul ’95 [Aug ’95], $9.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Catherine Hopkins) [_Hadra Archives_] Lesbian fantasy novel, third in the “Hadra Archives” series about a tribe of women warriors. Order from Alyson Publications, 40 Plymton St, Boston MA 02118.

RIVERS, MARK

• * * Taggard Point #1: Forever House (Berkley 0-425-14567-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $3.99, 169pp, pb) [_Taggard Point_] Young-adult horror novel. Teenagers enter a deserted house and disappear.
• * * Taggard Point: Shapes (Berkley 0-425-14726-6, May ’95, $3.99, 187pp, pb) [_Taggard Point_] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series about a town with horrors in its fog.
• * * Taggard Point: The Clown (Berkley 0-425-15016-X, Oct ’95, $3.99, 163pp, pb) [_Taggard Point_] Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the series. Emily’s dreams about a deadly clown comes true.
• * * Taggard Point: When the Dead Scream (Berkley 0-425-14880-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $3.99, 160pp, pb) [_Taggard Point_] Young-adult ghost novel, third in the series. Wendy dies in a car accident, but wants to come back and play.

RIVKIN, J. F.; pseudonym (stories)

• * * Age of Dinosaurs #1: Tyrannosaurus Rex (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45187-2, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.50, 251pp, pb) [_Age of Dinosaurs_] Lost world sf novel, first book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * * Runesword Volume Three: The Dreamstone (Ace 0-441-73696-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [_Runesword_] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Runesword” series (each book by a different author). Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * * Silverglass (Ace 0-441-76600-5, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Fantasy novel of a female mercenary.
• * _Silverglass (Orbit 0-7088-8241-2, May ’87, £2.50, 186pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Silverglass (Ace 0-441-76600-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Reissue (Ace 1986) fantasy novel about a magician and her female bodyguard. First in a series. Third printing.
• * * Silverglass: Mistress of Ambiguities (Ace 0-441-76601-3, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 203pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [_Silverglass_] Fantasy adventure novel featuring a female mercenary, fourth book of the “Silverglass” series.
• * * Web of Wind (Ace 0-441-87883-0, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 202pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Fantasy novel with a female barbarian hero, sequel to Silverglass.
• * _Web of Wind (Orbit 0-7088-8245-5, Feb ’88, £2.95, 202pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Reprint (Ace 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Silverglass” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Witch of Rhostshyl (Ace 0-441-76683-8, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.50, 172pp, pb) [_Silverglass_] Female barbarian warrior fantasy novel, third book in the “Silverglass” series.

RIZZO, REBECCA K., ed. (stories)

• * * Campfire Thrillers: The Short and Scary Ones (Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, Inc. 1-56440-371-8, 1994, pb) (Contents)

ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * * Ceremony in Death (Berkley 0-425-15762-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 329pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, fifth in the “Eve Dallas” series. A cop’s death is connected to Satanists. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense.”
• * * Glory in Death (Berkley 0-425-15098-4, Dec ’95 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 313pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, second in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense”; this has a 1995 copyright date, but was not seen until now.
• * _Glory in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66692-7, Oct ’96, £16.99, 296pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery/romance novel. A First World Hardcover. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Glory in Death (NEL 0-340-66692-7, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. Second in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts.
• * * Holiday in Death (Berkley 0-425-16371-7, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.99, 308pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, seventh in the “Eve Dallas” series. A serial-killer Santa interrupts Eve’s Christmas season. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense.”
• * * Immortal in Death (Berkley 0-425-15378-9, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 296pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, third in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
• * _Immortal in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66693-5, Apr ’97, £17.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF/thriller novel. The third “Eve Dallas” mystery. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts. First hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Immortal in Death (NEL 0-340-66694-3, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. Volume three in the “Eve Dallas” series.
• * * Naked in Death (Berkley 0-425-14829-7, Jul ’95 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 313pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, first in the “Eve Dallas” series. This appeared in 1995 but was not seen until now. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense”.
• * _Naked in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66689-7, Feb ’96, £16.99, 306pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle & Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. First in the “Eve Dallas” series set in 22nd century New York. Robb is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts, whose name is actually used as author on the title page. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Naked in Death (NEL 0-340-66690-0, Aug ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle & Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. First in the “Eve Dallas"series. This is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts.
• * * Rapture in Death (Berkley 0-425-15518-8, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 294pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, fourth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense”.
• * _Rapture in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67486-5, Oct ’97, £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. First world hardcover. Volume four in the “Eve Dallas” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Rapture in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67486-5, Oct ’97, £16.99, 294pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF novel. Book 4 in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Rapture in Death (NEL 0-340-67487-3, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 294pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF/mystery novel. Fourth in the “Eve Dallas” series. This is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts.
• * * Vengeance in Death (Berkley 0-425-16039-4, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $6.50, 357pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, sixth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Clues from serial murders point to Eve’s nemesis, her husband’s abrasive butler Summerset. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense.”
• * _Vengeance in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67490-3, Oct ’98, £17.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1997) near-future SF mystery novel, sixth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]

ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN (1922-2008)

• * * La Belle Captive (with René Magritte) (University of California Press 0-520-20707-6, Oct ’96 [Nov ’96], $17.95, 230pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Art book, a surreal “metafiction” novel by Robbe-Grillet, “illustrated” with 77 paintings (reproduced in black and white) by Magritte. Translated from the 1975 French by Ben Stoltzfus, who includes a critical essay. We apparently missed the hardcover first edition published in 1995. Available from the University of California Press, Berkeley CA 94720.

ROBBINS, DAVID (Lawrence) (1950- ); see under J. D. Cameron; see house pseudonym J. D. Cameron (stories)

• * * Blade # 1: First Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2760-7, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
• * * Blade # 2: Outlands Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2774-7, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
• * * Blade # 3: Vampire Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2803-4, Aug ’89, $2.95, 188pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel with vampires.
• * * Blade # 4: Pipeline Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2854-9, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
• * * Blade # 5: Pirate Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2881-6, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $2.95, 170pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
• * * Blade # 6: Crusher Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2909-X, Feb ’90 [Apr ’90], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * * Blade # 7: Terror Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2956-1, Apr ’90, $2.95, 188pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * * Blade # 8: Devil Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2964-2, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 172pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
• * * Blade # 9: L.A. Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2987-1, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * * Blade #12: Deathmaster Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3116-7, May ’91, $3.50, 187pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust men’s adventure novel.
• * * Blade #13: Vengeance Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3132-9, Jul ’91, $3.50, 191pp, pb) [_Blade_] Post-holocaust military sf novel in an ongoing series.
• * * Blade: First Strike/Outlands Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3257-0, Jan ’92, $4.50, 185/183pp, pb) [_Blade_] Omnibus of Blade #1: First Strike (Leisure 1982) and Blade #2: Outlands Strike (Leisure 1982). (Contents)
• * * Double Blade: Pirate Strike/Crusher Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3371-2, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.50, 170/185pp, pb) [_Blade_] Omnibus of two post-holocaust military novels, Blade #5: Pirate Strike (Leisure 1989) and Blade # 6: Crusher Strike (Leisure 1990). (Contents)
• * * Double Blade: Vampire Strike/Pipeline Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3310-0, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.50, 188/184pp, pb) [_Blade_] Sf omnibus of two post-holocaust military novels: Blade #3: Vampire Strike (Leisure 1989) and Blade #4: Pipeline Strike (Leisure 1989). (Contents)
• * _Endworld # 1: The Fox Run (Leisure 0-8439-3105-1, May ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [_Endworld_] Reissue (Leisure 1986) post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * _Endworld # 2: Thief River Falls Run (Leisure 0-8439-3106-X, Jun ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [_Endworld_] Reissue (Leisure 1986) post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * * Endworld # 5: Dakota Run (Leisure 0-8439-2473-X, Apr ’87, $2.95, 256pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust giant ant sf adventure novel.
• * * Endworld # 6: Citadel Run (Leisure 0-8439-2507-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * * Endworld # 9: Capital Run (Leisure 0-8439-2584-1, Feb ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 223pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel. The Alpha Triad vs. the Red Menace.
• * * Endworld #10: New York Run (Leisure 0-8439-2606-6, Apr ’88, $2.95, 208pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel. The Alpha Triad vs. the Zombies in underground New York.
• * * Endworld #11: Liberty Run (Leisure 0-8439-2644-9, Jul ’88 [Oct ’88], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * * Endworld #12: Houston Run (Leisure 0-8439-2672-4, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $2.95, 190pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * * Endworld #13: Anaheim Run (Leisure 0-8439-2698-8, Dec ’88, $2.95, 192pp, pb) [_Endworld_] Post-holocaust adventure novel.

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