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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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RUSSO, JOHN (A.) (continued)

• * _Night of the Living Dead (Commonwealth Publications/Ravenmor 1-55197-506-8, 1997 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 175pp, pb) [_Living Dead_] Reprint (Warner 1974) horror novel, first in the “Living Dead” series. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition; not seen until now.
• * _Return of the Living Dead (Commonwealth Publications/Ravenmor 1-55197-508-4, 1996 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 180pp, pb) [_Living Dead_] Reprint (Dale 1978) horror novel, second in the “Living Dead” series. Copyrighted 1995(?); the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now.
• * * Voodoo Dawn (Imagine 0-911137-12-2, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $9.95, 190pp, tp) Voodoo horror novel.

RUSSO, RICHARD A(nthony), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * * Dreams Are Wiser Than Men (North Atlantic 0-938190-94-6, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $14.95, 374pp, tp) Anthology of articles, poems, and stories about dreams, most surreal or fantastic, including five poems by Ursula K. Le Guin from Wild Angels. (Contents)

RUSSO, RICHARD PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * * Carlucci’s Edge (Ace 0-441-00205-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Viktor Koen) [_Frank Carlucci_] SF novel. Second cyberthriller featuring police detective Frank Carlucci.
• * * Carlucci’s Heart (Ace 0-441-00485-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.50, 391pp, pb, cover by Victor Stabin) [_Frank Carlucci_] SF novel. Third cyberthriller featuring police detective Frank Carlucci.
• * * Destroying Angel (Headline 0-7472-3885-5, May ’92, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [_Frank Carlucci_] Grim futuristic thriller about an ex-cop stalking a killer through the ghettos of San Francisco. Simultaneous with the US (Ace) edition. Recommended (PSP).
• * +Destroying Angel (Ace 0-441-14273-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) [_Frank Carlucci_] Sf crime novel about serial killings on the streets of 21st-century San Francisco. First American edition (Headline 1992).
• * * Inner Eclipse (Tor 0-812-55256-3, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
• * _Inner Eclipse (Grafton 0-586-20983-2, Dec ’90, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
• * * Subterranean Gallery (Tor 0-812-55259-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Near-future urban dystopian sf novel set in San Francisco.
• * _Subterranean Gallery (Grafton 0-586-21229-9, Nov ’91, £4.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

RUTHERFORD, BRETT (1947- ) (stories)

• * * The Lost Children (Zebra 0-8217-2454-1, Sep ’88, $3.95, 431pp, pb) Horror novel about children and computers.
• * * Piper (with John Robertson) (Zebra 0-8217-1967-X, Dec ’86, $3.95, 463pp, pb) Novel of supernatural horror.

RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL (Andrew) (1946- ) (stories)

• * * The Infinite Kingdoms (Owlswick Press 0-913896-32-2, Dec ’90, $12.00, 183pp, tp, cover by Janet Aulisio) Collection of three fantasy novellas, illustrated by Janet Aulisio. A hardcover edition (-31-4) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * * The Tale and Its Master (Spring Harbor 0-935891-00-5, 1986 [May ’86], $6.50, 64pp, pb) Fantasy novella of an ambitious apprentice storyteller; witty and well told. (FCM)

RUTMAN, LEO (1935- )

• * * Clash of Eagles (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14596-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $5.95, 310pp, pb) Alternate-history political thriller set in a Nazi-occupied America.
• * * Spear of Destiny (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-232-7, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 285pp, pb) Thriller with fantasy elements set in the 1930’s. Refugees from the Spanish Civil War are searching for the spear that pierced Christ’s side, which has occult powers.

RUTTER, EILEEN JOYCE (1945- ); see pseudonym Joy Chant (stories)

RYAN, ALAN (1943- ) (stories)

• * * The Bones Wizard (Doubleday 0-385-24223-9, Jan ’88, $12.95, 178pp, hc) Collection of 12 horror stories, 2 of them originals. (Contents)
• * * Cast a Cold Eye (Dark Harvest 0-913165-02-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $35.00, 239pp, hc) Horror novel with illustrations by Jill Bauman. 200 copy signed limited edition.
• * * Cast a Cold Eye (Dark Harvest 0-913165-03-4, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $18.00, 239pp, hc) Trade edition of the above.
• * _Cast a Cold Eye (Tor 0-812-52543-4, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984) horror novel.
• * _Cast a Cold Eye (Sphere 0-7221-7563-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.50, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984) horror novel.
• * * Quadriphobia (Doubleday 0-385-19839-6, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $12.95, 184pp, hc) Collection of four fantasy horror stories using different genres as backgrounds — a detective story, a gothic romance, a jungle adventure, and a Western. Three of them seem to be originals. (Contents)

_____, ed.

• * * Halloween Horrors (Doubleday 0-385-19558-3, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $12.95, 178pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Halloween Horrors (Ace Charter 0-441-31607-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) horror original anthology.
• * _Halloween Horrors (Sphere 0-7221-7561-2, Nov ’87, £2.75, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) original horror anthology. This edition appears to have been ‘edited’ unofficially and was withdrawn and pulped before distribution. Only a few copies appeared in shops. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Halloween Horrors (Severn House 0-7278-1618-7, Sep ’88, £9.95, 245pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) original anthology of horror stories with a Halloween theme. This is the first UK edition with the original text. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Halloween Horrors (Sphere 0-7474-0301-5, Oct ’88, £2.99, 245pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
• * * Haunting Women (Avon 0-380-89881-0, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Anthology of 14 horror stories by women writers, including Isak Dinesen, Shirley Jackson, and Tanith Lee. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * * Night Visions 1 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-04-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $45.00, 296pp, hc) Limited signed edition of original anthology with 7 stories by Charles L. Grant, 7 by Steve Rasnic Tem, and 4 by Tanith Lee, illustrated by Gregory Manchess. A fine idea for an anthology. The Tanith Lee stories are especially good and the book is well-made. (CNB) (Contents)
• * * Night Visions 1 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-05-0, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $18.00, 296pp, hc) Trade edition of above.
• * _Night Visions: In the Blood (Berkley 0-425-10753-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1984 as Night Visions 1) original anthology of 7 horror stories by Charles Grant, 7 by Steve Rasnic Tem, and 4 by Tanith Lee.
• * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Viking Penguin 0-14-010987-0, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $8.95, 621pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1987 as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories) anthology of 32 vampire stories. This edition is a worldwide printing. Available in the U.K. for £4.95.
• * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Penguin 0-14-012445-4, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $8.95, 621pp, tp) Reissue (Doubleday 1987 as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories) anthology of 32 vampire stories; third printing.
• * _The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Bloomsbury Books 1-85471-006-0, 1991 [Jan ’92], £4.99, 621pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1987, as Vampires) ghost anthology. This is an “Instant Remainder” book.
• * * Vampires (SFBC #10445, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $6.98, 621pp, hc) Anthology of two centuries of vampire stories, with 32 stories in all plus a recommended list of vampire novels and films. A regular trade edition has been announced, but is predated by the Book Club one. (Contents)
• * _Vampires (Doubleday 0-385-18562-6, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $15.95, 621pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1987) anthology of vampire stories.

RYAN, CHARLES C(arroll), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * * Aboriginal Science Fiction, Tales of the Human Kind: 1988 Annual Anthology (Aboriginal SF no ISBN, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $4.50, 80pp, tp) Magazine-format anthology of 12 stories from earlier issues of the magazine. (Contents)
• * * Letters of the Alien Publisher (with John Gregory Betancourt) (First Books no ISBN, Aug ’91, no price, 128pp, tp) Collection of pseudonymous essays originally published in Aboriginal Science Fiction.

RYAN, KEVIN (chron.)

• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation #32: Requiem (with Michael Jan Friedman) See entry under Michael Jan Friedman.

RYAN, MARY C.

• * * Mask of the Night (Headline 0-7472-1003-9, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], £16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Benjamin Russell-Warner) Romance novel with supernatural elements of witchcraft and reincarnation.
• * +Mask of the Night (St. Martin’s 0-312-16925-6, Dec ’97 [Feb ’98], $22.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Kristen M. Nobles) Ghost story/gothic romance of haunted ruins, a mask, and a man who exists only in dreams. A Thomas Dunne Book. First US edition (Headline 1994).
• * * Me Two (Little, Brown 0-316-76376-4, May ’91 [Mar ’92], $15.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Rob Sauber) Young-adult fantasy novel about a teen who inadvertently clones himself during a school science project. This is a 1991 book not seen until now.
• * _Me Two (Avon Camelot 0-380-71826-X, Jul ’93, $3.50, 179pp, tp, cover by Rob Sauber) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) young-adult fantasy novel about a teen who inadvertently clones himself during a school science project. Illustrations by Rob Sauber.

RYAN, RICHARD (1948- )

• * * Funnelweb (Pan Macmillan Australia 0-7329-0888-4, Jul ’97 [1998], A$19.95, 339pp, tp) SF thriller. Radiation turns spiders into a deadly threat in Sydney.

RYAN, (Michael) SHAWN (1957- ) (stories)

• * * Brethren (Pocket 0-671-79243-1, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 325pp, pb) Horror novel of a Georgia homicide detective who must summon the powers of his warlock ancestors to defeat a serial killer.
• * * Nocturnas (Pocket 0-671-88270-8, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.50, 438pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Vampire novel. A journalist in Romania at the end of the Ceausecu regime finds undead in the government.

RYAN, THOMAS J(oseph) (1942-1997?)

• * _The Adolescence of P-1 (Baen 0-671-55970-2, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1977) sf novel. An early sentient computer book.

RYLANT, CYNTHIA (stories)

• * * The Islander (DK Ink 0-7894-2490-8, Mar ’98 [May ’98], $15.95, 97pp, hc, cover by Cynthia Rylant) Young-adult fantasy novella about a lonely boy whose life is changed by an encounter with a mermaid.
• * * Margaret, Frank, and Andy (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201083-1, Sep ’96, $15.00, 48pp, hc) Young-adult non-fiction. Short biographies of writers Margaret Wise Brown, L. Frank Baum, and E.B. “Andy” White. [White]

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

• * * 253 (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655078-9, Feb ’98, £6.99, 366pp, tp) Literary quasi-fantasy novel based on the interactive novel first published on the Internet on January 20th 1997. The secrets of 253 Tube passengers, each given 253 words of biography and explanation.
• * +253 (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-18295-3, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $14.95, 364pp, tp) Associational novel first “published” in interactive form on the Internet. First US edition (HarperCollins/Flamingo 1998).
• * * The Child Garden (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440393-3, Oct ’89, £12.95, 388pp, hc) Sf novel. Parts of this novel are based on ‘Love Sickness’, serialized in Interzone.
• * _The Child Garden (Unwin 0-04-440684-3, Jul ’90, £3.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) award-winning sf novel.
• * +The Child Garden (St. Martin’s 0-312-05002-X, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses that she is resistant to. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989).
• * _The Child Garden (BOMC no ISBN, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $17.95, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel. This is identical to the 1990 St. Martin’s edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
• * _The Child Garden (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 388pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel. This is identical to the 1990 St. Martin’s edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _The Child Garden (Tor/Orb 0-312-89023-0, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $13.95, 388pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses she is resistant to.
• * * The Coming of Enkidu (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov ’89 [Aug ’90], £5.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Dave Mooring) Pamphlet containing an extract from a play version of “Gilgamesh” and an extract from a fantasy work in progress about Gilgamesh. Issued in a limited edition of 450 numbered copies, to coincide with Ryman’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 19. (Contents)
• * * Coming of Enkidu (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov ’89 [Aug ’90], £5.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Dave Mooring) Pamphlet containing an extract from a play version of “Gilgamesh” and an extract from a fantasy work in progress about Gilgamesh. Issued last year for Ryman’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon, and limited to 450 copies, but only just seen. (Contents)
• * * Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas (St. Martin’s 0-312-09929-0, Apr ’94, $20.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Collection of four novellas, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and an afterword by the author. (Contents)
• * * The Unconquered Country (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823357-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £7.95, 134pp, hc) Surreal short novel with elements of sf and fantasy, a slight expansion of the award-winning novella of the same name. An eerie, haunting reworking of the tragedy of modern Cambodia. Recommended. (FCM)
• * * The Unconquered Country (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823314-5, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, 134pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
• * +The Unconquered Country (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26654-3, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 131pp, pb) Sf, fantasy, and surrealism blend in a moving reworking of the Cambodian tragedy. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1986).
• * _The Unconquered Country (Unwin 0-04-440776-9, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1986) sf novel.
• * * The Warrior Who Carried Life (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823294-7, May ’85 [Apr ’85], £8.95, 173pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a first novel by a recent British award-winner for shorter fiction. Extremely potent and disturbing images; recommended, but not for those with weak stomachs. (DLN)
• * +The Warrior Who Carried Life (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26344-7, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) Fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1985).
• * _The Warrior Who Carried Life (Unwin 0-04-440777-7, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1985) sf novel.
• * +Was (Knopf 0-679-40429-5, May ’92 [Jun ’92], $22.00, 369pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Literary associational novel about the effect of L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz on our life and our times, focusing on a real Dorothy Gael whose life ended in a madhouse, Judy Garland’s tragedies, and an L.A. actor dying of AIDS. Highly recommended (SW). There is no actual fantasy. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
• * _Was (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $12.95, 369pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) literary associational novel about the effect of L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz on our life and our times. Similar to the 1992 Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _Was (Penguin 0-14-017872-4, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $10.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) associational literary novel about the effect of L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz on our life and our times.
• * * ‘Was...’ (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223931-0, Feb ’92, £14.99, 353pp, hc, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) [Oz] Mainstream novel set in 19th century Kansas and 20th century Hollywood, and inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Recommended (PSP).
• * _‘Was...’ (TSP #750, Sep ’92, £7.99, 353pp, tp, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) bookclub edition of the above. [Not seen]
• * _‘Was...’ (Flamingo 0-586-09179-3, May ’93, £5.99, 454pp, tp) [Oz] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) mainstream novel set in 19th century Kansas and 20th century Hollywood, and inspired by The Wizard of Oz.

RYP, WOLFF

• * * Midnight Secrets Volume III: The Fury (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3544-1, Jan ’95 [May ’95], $3.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [_Midnight Secrets_] Young-adult horror/romance novel. Third in the series about a teen with psychic powers.
• * * Midnight Secrets: The Temptation (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3542-5, Nov ’94 [Mar ’95], $3.50, 215pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [_Midnight Secrets_] Young-adult horror novel. A psychic teen acquires an unwanted, but seductive, mentor with vampire-like propensities. Copyrighted by Parachute Press, Inc.
• * * Midnight Secrets: The Thrill (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3543-3, Dec ’94 [Mar ’95], $3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by Matthew Archambault) [_Midnight Secrets_] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series about a psychic teen and her seductive, centuries-old mentor/nemesis. Copyrighted by Parachute Press, Inc.

S.M.S.

• * _The A.B.C. Warriors: Book Four (with Pat Mills & Simon Bisley) See entry under Pat Mills.

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

• * * After the Fact (Baen 0-671-65391-1, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 285pp, hc) [_Pilgrim_] Sf novel in the “Pilgrim” time travel series. This one is about an attempt to save Abraham Lincoln.
• * _Berserker (Ace 0-441-05469-2, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Ballantine 1967) collection; 10th Ace printing.
• * _Berserker (Ace 0-441-05495-1, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Berserker] Reissue (Ballantine 1967) collection of 11 stories in the “Berserker” series; 15th printing.
• * _Berserker Blue Death (Gollancz 0-575-04454-3, Oct ’90, £3.99, 282pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * * Berserker Fury (Tor 0-312-85939-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Berserker] SF novel in the “Berserker” series.

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