The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

RICE, ANNE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Queen of the Damned (Ballantine 0-345-35152-5, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $5.95, 491pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) horror novel, third book of the “Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Queen of the Damned (Futura 0-7088-4337-9, Feb ’90, £3.99, 573pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) horror novel. Third volume of “The Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Queen of the Damned (Knopf no ISBN, Nov ’90, no price, 448pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) horror novel, third book of “The Vampire Chronicles”. This is a special signed limited edition of 5000 copies, available only in a boxed set with the rest of the series (0-394-58186-5, $100.00).
• * _The Queen of the Damned (Ballantine 0-345-35152-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $6.99, 491pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reissue (Knopf 1988) vampire horror novel, third book of the “Vampire Chronicles”. The copyright page lists this as a seventh printing with a January 1992 date, but there is new cover art.
• * _The Queen of the Damned (Warner UK 0-7088-6072-9, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], £5.99, 573pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) horror novel. Volume 3 in the “Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Queen of the Damned (Ballantine 0-345-41962-6, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $14.00, 448pp, tp, cover by Christopher Pugliese) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) dark fantasy novel, third book in “The Vampire Chronicles”.
• * *Servant of the Bones (Knopf 0-679-43301-5, Aug ’96, $26.00, 387pp, hc) [Azriel] Horror novel, first in a new trilogy featuring Azriel, an ancient Babylonian transformed into a powerful spirit.
• * *Servant of the Bones (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6515-4, Aug ’96, £15.99, 387pp, hc, cover by Colin Thomas) [Azriel] Dark fantasy novel. A ghost is condemned to bear witness to 2500 years of Jewish history. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.
• * _Servant of the Bones (Ballantine 0-345-40966-3, Aug ’97, $14.00, 387pp, tp) [Azriel] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1996) horror novel, first in a new trilogy featuring Azriel, an ancient Babylonian transformed into a powerful spirit.
• * _Servant of the Bones (Arrow 0-09-918442-7, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 405pp, pb) [Azriel] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1996) horror novel.
• * _Servant of the Bones (Ballantine 0-345-38941-7, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $7.99, 419pp, pb) [Azriel] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1996) horror novel, first in a trilogy. An international edition with the same information appeared July 1997.
• * *The Tale of the Body Thief (Knopf 0-679-40528-3, Oct ’92, $24.00, 430pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Horror novel, fourth book of the “Vampire Chronicles”. Lestat agrees to switch bodies with a sinister occultist in order to the see the sun again, and realizes too late that he has freely given his vampiric powers to a dangerous madman. Recommended (SW). Note: there were four printings before publication.
• * *The Tale of the Body Thief (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-3887-4, Oct ’92, £14.99, 430pp, hc, cover by Giovanni Da Bologna) [Vampire Chronicles] Horror novel in which the “vampire hero” Lestat is reborn as a mortal for a while. Volume four in “The Vampire Chronicles”. Simultaneous with US (Knopf) edition.
• * _The Tale of the Body Thief (BOMC no ISBN, Dec ’92, $20.50, 430pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf;Chatto & Windus 1992) horror novel, fourth book of the “Vampire Chronicles”. Similar to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Tale of the Body Thief (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul ’93 [Aug ’93], $13.95, 430pp, tp) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1992) horror novel, fourth book of the “Vampire Chronicles”. Similar to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The Tale of the Body Thief (Ballantine 0-345-38475-X, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $6.99, 435pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1992) vampire horror novel, fourth book of the “Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Tale of the Body Thief (Penguin 0-14-013204-X, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £5.99, 607pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1992) horror novel about vampires. The Fourth Volume of “The Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Tale of the Body Thief (Ballantine 0-345-41963-4, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $14.00, 430pp, tp, cover by Christopher Pugliese) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1992) dark fantasy novel, fourth book in “The Vampire Chronicles”.
• * *Taltos (Knopf 0-679-42573-X, Sep ’94, $25.00, 467pp, hc) [Mayfair Witches] Horror novel, third book of the “Mayfair Witches” saga.
• * _Taltos (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6146-9, Oct ’94, £15.99, 467pp, hc) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel. Third novel in the Mayfair dynasty of witches series, following The Witching Hour and Lasher. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Taltos (SFBC #03237, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $11.98, 467pp, hc) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel, third in the “Lives of the Mayfair Witches”. Similar to the Knopf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Taltos (Ballantine 0-345-39471-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $14.00, 467pp, tp) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel, third book of the “Mayfair Witches” saga.
• * _Taltos (Arrow 0-09-943681-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £5.99, 520pp, pb) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel. Third in the “Mayfair Witches” series.
• * _Taltos (Ballantine 0-345-40431-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $6.99, 556pp, pb) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel, third book of the “Mayfair Witches” saga. An International mass market edition with the same ISBN appeared in November 1995.
• * *The Vampire Armand (Random House/Knopf 0-679-45447-0, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $26.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Sandro Botticelli) [Vampire Chronicles] Vampire novel in the “Vampire Chronicles”, telling the story of Armand’s life across the centuries.
• * *The Vampire Armand (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6717-3, Oct ’98, £16.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Holly Warburton) [Vampire Chronicles] Dark fantasy novel; book seven overall in “The Vampire Chronicles”. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition. The story of Armand, leader of the Theatre Des Vampires in Interview with the Vampire.
• * *The Vampire Lestat (Knopf 0-394-53443-3, Oct ’85, $17.95, 481pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Fantasy novel, sequel to Interview with the Vampire. A richly inventive tale with some splendid characters. A third book in the series is promised. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Vampire Lestat (QPB/Knopf no ISBN, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $8.95, 481pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) fantasy novel, second in an ongoing vampire trilogy. This Quality book club edition is identical with the original hardcover except for the binding.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Ballantine 0-345-31386-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $4.50, 550pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) fantasy novel, sequel to Interview with the Vampire.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Futura 0-7088-3153-2, Dec ’86, £3.50, 599pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) horror novel.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Macdonald 0-356-13032-0, Mar ’87, £9.95, 480pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Knopf 0-394-53443-3, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $19.95, 481pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reissue (Knopf 1985) horror novel; ninth printing.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Knopf no ISBN, Nov ’90, no price, 481pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) horror novel, second book of “The Vampire Chronicles”. This is a special signed limited edition of 5000 copies, available only in a boxed set with the rest of the series (0-394-58186-5, $100.00).
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Ballantine 0-345-31386-0, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $6.99, 550pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reissue (Knopf 1985) vampire horror novel second book of the “Vampire Chronicles”. The copyright page lists this as a 21st printing with an August 1992 date, but there is new cover art.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Warner UK 0-7088-3153-2, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], £5.99, 599pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) horror novel. Volume 2 in the “Vampire Chronicles”.
• * _The Vampire Lestat (Ballantine 0-345-41964-2, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $14.00, 481pp, tp, cover by Christopher Pugliese) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) dark fantasy novel, second book in “The Vampire Chronicles”.
• * *The Vampire Lestat Graphic Novel (Ballantine 0-345-37394-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $25.00, unpaginated, tp) [Vampire Chronicles] Graphic novel adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Vampire Lestat” trilogy, adapted by Faye Perozich, illustrated by Daerick Gloss, et al. This originally appeared as a series of comic books.
• * *Violin (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6520-0, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], £16.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Douglas Fisher) Dark fantasy novel. A widow becomes involved with an incubus who transports her to 19th-century Vienna.
• * +Violin (Random House/Knopf 0-679-43302-3, Oct ’97, $25.95, 289pp, hc, cover by Guido Reni) Ghost novel, a standalone. A young woman who dreams of becoming a great musician is preyed upon by a ghost violinist — until the ghost of Beethoven intervenes. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1997).
• * _Violin (Ballantine 0-345-38942-5, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $14.00, 287pp, tp, cover by Guido Reni) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1997) ghost novel.
• * _Violin (Arrow 0-09-925515-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 367pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1997) ghost novel.
• * *The Witching Hour (Knopf 0-394-58786-3, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $22.95, 963pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Mayfair Witches] Epic fantasy/horror novel of a family of witches across the centuries. Romantic and exciting. Highly recommended. (SW)
• * _The Witching Hour (BOMC no ISBN, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $19.95, 974pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) fantasy/horror novel about witchcraft. This is identical to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a special BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Witching Hour (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-3583-2, Apr ’91, £14.99, 965pp, hc, cover by Elliott Erwitt) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) dark fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Witching Hour (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $12.95, 974pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) fantasy/horror novel about witchcraft. This is identical to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the hardcover jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _The Witching Hour (Ballantine 0-345-36789-8, Nov ’91 [Sep ’91], $14.00, 965pp, tp) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) dark fantasy/horror novel about witchcraft.
• * _The Witching Hour (Penguin 0-14-013203-1, May ’92, £5.99, 1207pp, pb) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) dark fantasy novel about witches.
• * _The Witching Hour (Ballantine 0-345-38446-6, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $6.99, 1038pp, pb) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1990) epic fantasy/horror novel of a family of witches across the centuries.

RICE, BEBE FAAS

• * *Music from the Dead (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106457-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $3.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) Young-adult horror novel. Summer renters discover their place in Maine is haunted.

RICE, DOUG (stories)

• * *Blood of Mugwump (FC2/Black Ice 1-57366-018-3, 1996 [Aug ’96], $8.95, 140pp, tp) Literary erotic vampire novel of a clan of Catholic, gender-shifting vampires and incest. Order from FC2, Unit for Comtemporary Literature, Campus Box 4241, Illinois St. University, Normal IL 61790-4241.

RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (stories) (chron.)

RICE, JANE (Dixon) (1913-2003) (stories)

• * *The Sixth Dog (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-74-7, Apr ’95 [May ’95], $4.95, 28pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Horror short story with frontispiece by Jason Eckhardt. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.

RICE, JEFF(rey Grant) (1944- ) (stories)

• * _The Kolchak Papers #1: The Night Stalker (Cinemaker Press 0-9627508-8-3, May ’93, $9.95, 145pp, tp, cover by Kevin Barnes) Reprint (Pocket 1973 as The Night Stalker) vampire horror novel that inspired the landmark TV movie and subsequent series, with a new foreword by Stuart M. Kaminsky and illustrations by Sterling Clark, Jr. and Kevin Barnes.

RICE, PETER L.

• * *Battletech: Far Country (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45291-7, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Sf novelization based on the Battletech game, with illustrations by Rick Harris. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * _Battletech: Far Country (Roc UK 0-14-023347-4, Jan ’94, £3.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (Roc 1993) sf novelization based on the Battletech game. Volume 13 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Renegade Legion: Damned If We Do (FASA 1-55560-099-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $7.95, 270pp, tp, cover by Steve Venters) [Renegade Legion] Military sf novelization based on the “Renegade Legion” game.
• * *Renegade Legion: Frost Death (FASA 1-55560-140-5, Jan ’92 [Feb ’92], $7.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Steve Venters) [Renegade Legion] Sf novelization based on the “Renegade Legion” game

RICE, ROBERT

• * *The Last Pendragon: a Novel (Walker 0-8027-1180-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $19.95, 209pp, hc, cover by Christopher Glynn) Arthurian historical fantasy novel about Arthur’s grandson struggling to oust Saxons from Camelot. A first novel. This is a 1992 book despite the 1991 copyright.

RICH, FRANK (Kelly) (1963- )

• * *Jake Strait #1: Avenging Angel (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63607-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf novel set in 2031, the story of a professional “bogeyman” — a licensed bounty hunter — drawn into the People’s Revolution. First book of a new series.
• * *Jake Strait #2: The Devil Knocks (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63608-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf men’s adventure novel of a licensed bounty hunter in the year 2031, second book of a series.
• * *Jake Strait #3: Day of Judgment (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63609-1, Jan ’94, $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf men’s adventure novel, third book of a series featuring a licensed bounty hunter in the year 2031.

RICH, MARK (David) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Lifting (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-02-3, Sep ’91, $7.95, 57pp, tp, cover by Gregorio Montejo) Collection of six stories with illustrations by Gregorio Montejo. (Contents)

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• * _Alpha Gallery (with David Memmott, Charmaine Parsons & Joy E. Oestreicher) See entry under Joy E. Oestreicher

RICH, STEPHEN (Peter) (1954- ) (stories)

• * *Age of the Storyteller (Advanced Publishing 0-942269-06-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, 263pp, tp) Collection of six “twilight zone” type stories including a novella co-authored with Frank D. Parise. As far as we can tell, all stories are original, as is the publisher (who is also the co-author). (Contents)

RICHARD, MARK (1955- )

• * _fishboy - A Ghost’s Story (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60229-5, Feb ’94, £8.99, 227pp, tp) Reprint (Talese 1993) literary fantasy novel. Portions originally appeared in slightly different form in The Ice at the Bottom of the World and “The Quarterly”. [First U.K. edition]

RICHARDS, ALAN

• * *By Charon to Aidoneus (The Book Guild 1-85776-265-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £14.95, 218pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. An entrepeneur holidaying in a strange hotel is confronted by his past, his dead, and a thief of souls. A first novel.

RICHARDS, BRUCE (1952- )

• * *Cat Scratch Fever (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4981-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 224pp, pb) Supernatural YA thriller about a girl who gets scratched by a cat and then begins acting like one.
• * *Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror: Blind Date (Tor 0-812-55168-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, 156pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel based on A Nightmare on Elm Street.
• * *Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror: Fatal Games (Tor 0-812-55189-3, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $3.99, 187pp, pb) [*Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror] Young-adult horror novel based on the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies. Copyrighted by New Line Productions.
• * *The Nightmare Club #8: Deadly Stakes (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4450-X, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. A game of drugs and murder turns really serious when a murder victim rises from the dead.
• * *The Other Twin (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-5054-2, Aug ’95, $3.99, 204pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of evil twins and ghosts.

RICHARDS, JOEL; pseudonym of Joel Richard Fruchtman, (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Pindharee (Tor 0-812-55141-9, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Sf novel; a first novel.

RICHARDS, JUSTIN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire (BBC Books 0-563-40598-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £4.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series.
• * *Doctor Who: Option Lock (BBC Books 0-563-40583-X, Feb ’98, £4.99, 281pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
• * *Doctor Who: System Shock (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20445-X, Jun ’95, £4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Martin Rawle) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *The New Adventures: Dragons’ Wrath (New Adventures 0-426-20508-1, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization in the Doctor Who spin-off series. Book 2 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
• * *The New Adventures: The Medusa Effect (New Adventures 0-426-20524-3, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from the Doctor Who novelizations, without the Doctor. Book 12 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
• * *The Sands of Time (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20472-7, May ’96, £4.99, 292pp, 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”.
• * *Theatre of War (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20414-X, May ’94, £4.99, 316pp, 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.