The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
Books, Listed by Author
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- REEVES-STEVENS, JUDITH (Evelyn) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- REICHERT, MICKEY ZUCKER; [i.e., Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert] (1962- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Children of Wrath (DAW 0-88677-860-3, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 623pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Renshai Chronicles] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1998) fantasy novel, third and final in the “Renshai Chronicles”, set 300 years after Ragnarok in “The Last of the Renshai” trilogy.
- * _The Children of Wrath (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-563-X, Jul ’99, £6.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Renshai Chronicles] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1998) fantasy novel, third and final in “The Renshai Chronicles”. Volume six overall in the “Renshai” series.
- * _Spirit Fox (with Jennifer Wingert) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06864-7, Sep ’99, £11.99, 386pp, tp, cover by Gordon Crabb) Reprint (DAW 1998) fantasy novel. A young woman with the spirit of a fox in her faces enemy forces that consider her demonically possessed. A hardcover edition (-06863-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
- REILLY, MATTHEW (J.) (1974- ) (chron.)
- * +Ice Station (St. Martin’s 0-312-20551-1, Sep ’99, $24.95, 390pp, hc) SF action-adventure about an ancient, possibly extra-terrestrial artifact in the Antarctic. A first novel. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 1999).
- REIMANN, KATYA (chron.)
- * _A Tremor in the Bitter Earth (Tor 0-812-54934-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Tielmaran Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel, book two in the “Tielmaran Chronicles”.
- * _Wind from a Foreign Sky (Tor 0-812-54933-3, Mar ’99, $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Ed Gazsi) [Tielmaran Chronicles] Reissue (Tor 1996) fantasy novel, book one of the “Tielmaran Chronicles”. Second printing.
- REISIG, MICHAEL (chron.)
- * *The Hawks of Kamalon (Write Way 1-885173-60-1, May ’99, $7.99, 436pp, pb) SF novel of a WWII air squadron transported across the galaxy to a world in need of champions. Write Way Publishing, 10555 E. Dartmouth, Suite 210, Aurora CO 80014.
- RESNICK, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Diamond Resnick] (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _A Hunger in the Soul (Tor 0-312-86918-5, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $12.95, 225pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Tor 1998) Africa-inspired SF novel.
- * _Kirinyaga (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41702-X, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $12.95, 293pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) collection/novel of related, Africa-inspired stories.
- * *Widowmakers (SFBC #00642, Jan ’99 [Mar ’99], $14.98, 597pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Widowmaker] Omnibus of three novels in the “Widowmaker” SF series: The Widowmaker (1996), The Widowmaker Reborn (1997), and The Widowmaker Unleashed (1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-950-4, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- REYNOLDS, DALLAS McCORD (1917-1983); see under Reynolds, Mack (chron.)
- REYNOLDS, MACK; [i.e., Dallas McCord Reynolds] (1917-1983) (chron.)
- * _Star Trek: The First Novel: Mission to Horatius (Pocket 0-671-02812-X, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $16.00, 210pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Whitman 1968) “long-lost” Star Trek novelization in hardcover, illustrated by Sparky Moore. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- RHINE, ROBERT STEVEN (stories) (chron.)
- * *My Brain Escapes Me (Sun Dog 0-941543-18-8, Aug ’99 [Nov ’99], $16.95, 352pp, tp) Collection of 30 short stories of horror and humor, some possibly original, most apparently published in obscure/small press magazines. Order from Sun Dog, 22058 Cumberland Dr, Northville MI 48167. (Contents)
- RICE, ANNE; [i.e., Howard Allan Frances O’Brien Rice] (1941- ) (chron.)
- * _Pandora (Arrow 0-09-927108-7, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Holly Warburton) [Vampire Chronicles: New Tales of the Vampires] Reprint (Knopf 1998) dark fantasy novel in the “New Tales of the Vampires”; book six overall in “The Vampire Chronicles”.
- * _The Vampire Armand (Ballantine 0-345-40927-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $14.95, 388pp, tp, cover by Christopher Pugliese) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1998) vampire novel in the “Vampire Chronicles”. This includes an unpaginated, five-page “conversation” with Rice dated 1999.
- * _The Vampire Armand (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-927147-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £5.99, 520pp, pb, cover by Holly Warburton) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1998) vampire novel in the “Vampire Chronicles”.
- * _Violin (Ballantine 0-345-42530-8, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $7.99, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1997) ghost novel.
- * *Vittorio the Vampire (Random House/Knopf 0-375-40160-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $19.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Agnolo Bronzino & Anon.) [Vampire Chronicles: New Tales of the Vampires] Vampire novel in the “New Tales of the Vampires” series adjunct to the “Vampire Chronicles”. A young man in the Florence of Cosimo de’ Medici becomes a vampire.
- * _Vittorio the Vampire (SFBC #02940, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $9.98, 292pp, hc, cover by Agnolo Bronzino & Anon.) [Vampire Chronicles: New Tales of the Vampires] Reprint (Knopf 1999) vampire novel in the “New Tales of the Vampires” series adjunct to the “Vampire Chronicles”. This is similar to the Knopf edition, except it lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Vittorio, the Vampire (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6736-X, Apr ’99, £12.99, 292pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles: New Tales of the Vampires] Reprint (Knopf 1999) dark fantasy novel. Book seven overall in “The Vampire Chronicles”, and second in the “New Tales of the Vampires”. [First U.K. edition]
- RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (chron.)
- RICHARDS, JUSTIN (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Demontage (BBC Books 0-563-55572-6, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £4.99, 284pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 20 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the Eighth Doctor.
- * *Doctor Who: Millennium Shock (BBC Books 0-563-55586-6, May ’99, £4.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 21 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series starring the Fourth Doctor.
- * *The New Adventures: Tears of the Oracle (Virgin 0-426-20533-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization, “Doctor Who” without the Doctor. Book 20 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series.
- * *The New Adventures: The Joy Device (New Adventures 0-426-20535-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £5.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization; Doctor Who without the Doctor. Book 22 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series.
- RICHER, JULIE (chron.)
- * *The Chosen Ones (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-039-8, Jun ’99, $19.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Diana Belenky) SF novel. Teens on a distant planet find strange artifacts in a cave. Illustrated by Diana Belenky. An on-demand edition, also available in a Paperless Book digital edition. Order from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941; 500-367-7353; www.pulpless.com
- RICHEY, JAMES (chron.)
- RICKMAN, PHIL(ip) (chron.)
- * *Midwinter of the Spirit (Macmillan UK 0-333-75173-6, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £16.99, 468pp, hc) [Merrily Watkins] Dark fantasy novel of a female exorcist. Second in the “Merrily Watkins” series after Wine of Angels.
- * _The Wine of Angels (Pan 0-330-34268-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 631pp, pb) [Merrily Watkins] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) ghost novel. First in the “Merrily Watkins” series.
- RIDDELL, CHRIS (chron.)
- RIDGWAY, JOHN (chron.)
- RIGGS, ALAN (chron.)
- RIGNEY, JAMES (Oliver), Jr. (1948-2007); see pseudonym Robert Jordan (stories) (chron.)
- RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (1942- ) (chron.)
- * *The Master of all Desires (Viking 0-670-88450-2, Nov ’99, $26.95, 386pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Historical novel with supernatural elements. Queen Catherine de Medici of France seeks an immortal head in a box that can grant wishes.
- ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (chron.)
- * *Conspiracy in Death (Berkley 0-425-16813-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 372pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, eighth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense.”
- * *Loyalty in Death (Berkley 0-425-17140-X, Oct ’99, $6.99, 358pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, ninth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Terrorists taunt Eve by bombing her husband’s properties. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as “romantic suspense.”
- * _Vengeance in Death (NEL 0-340-67491-1, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 357pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1997) near-future SF mystery novel, sixth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
- ROBBINS, DAVID L. (1954- ) (chron.)
- * _Souls to Keep (HarperChoice 0-06-109791-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.50, 385pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Reprint (HarperCollins 1998) horror novel.
- ROBERSON, JENNIFER; [i.e., Jennifer Mitchell Roberson O’Green] (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Lady of Sherwood (Kensington 1-57566-475-5, Nov ’99, $24.00, 372pp, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Robin Hood] Associational historical novel of Robin Hood and Marian, sequel to Lady of the Forest.
- * _Sword-Born (DAW 0-88677-827-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Tiger & Del] Reprint (DAW 1998) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Sword-Dancer Saga”.
- ROBERTS, JAMES P. (chron.)
- * *Bourland (Battered Silicon Dispatch Box 1-55246-163-7, Oct ’99, $20.00, 268pp, tp, cover by Rodger Gerberding) Dark fantasy novel. A child’s disappearance leads friends, years later, on a quest to a dark world. A hardcover edition (-162-9) was announced but not seen. A first novel. Order from The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, PO Box 122, Sauk City WI; fax 608-643-5080.
- ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (1947- ) (chron.)
- * _Conan and the Amazon (Tor 0-812-52493-4, Apr ’99, $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1995) sword & sorcery novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard. Copyrighted by Conan Properties. Second printing.
- * *Conan and the Manhunters (Tor 0-812-52489-6, Apr ’99, $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1994) fantasy novelization based on the character by Robert E. Howard. Second printing.
- * *Conan and the Manhunters (Tor 0-812-52489-6, Jun ’99, $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1994) fantasy novelization based on the character by Robert E. Howard. Third printing.
- * _DragonLance: Murder in Tarsis (Wizards of the Coast/TSR 0-7869-1587-0, Oct ’99, $5.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Reprint (TSR 1996) fantasy/mystery novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
- ROBERTS, KATHERINE (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Song Quest (Element 1-902618-28-9, 1999 [Aug ’99], £10.99, 236pp, hc) [Echorium Sequence] Young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series. A worldwide edition, available in the US at $16.95.
- * *Song Quest (Element Children’s Books 1-902618-28-9, Sep ’99, $16.95, 236pp, hc, cover by Harvey Parker) [Echorium Sequence] Young-adult fantasy, first in the “Echorium” series about young Singers learning to use their special powers to hold the forces of good and evil in balance on the Isle of Echoes. A first novel. This is an international edition. Order from Element Children’s Books, 160 North Washington St, 4th Fl, Boston MA 02114.
- ROBERTS, LAURA PEYTON (chron.)
- * _Ghost of a Chance (Dell Yearling 0-440-41534-9, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], $3.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Robert Papp) Reprint (Delacorte 1997) young-adult ghost novel. Best friends both fall in love with a ghost.
- ROBERTS, ROBIN (chron.)
- * *Sexual Generations: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and Gender (University of Illinois Press 0-252-06810-6, Sep ’99, $15.95, 208pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, critical, an evaluation of the show’s use of SF, in particular aliens and sexually neutral beings, to explore gender roles and feminist issues. A hardcover edition (-02455-9, $32.50) was announced but not seen. Available from University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak Street, Champaign IL 61820; 800-545-4703.
- ROBERTS, TANSY RAYNER (1978- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Liquid Gold (Bantam Australia 1-86325-149-9, 1999 [Sep ’99], A$15.95, 389pp, pb) [Mocklore Chronicles] Humorous fantasy novel, sequel to Splashdance Silver, second book of the “Mocklore Chronicles”. A substance with the power to manipulate time is stolen, with repercussions reaching even to the afterlife.
- ROBINS, MADELEINE E. (1953- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Daredevil: The Cutting Edge (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16938-3, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.50, 249pp, pb) Novelization based on the SF comic book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters Inc.
- * *The Stone War (Tor 0-312-85486-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $23.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Near-future fantasy novel. A mysterious catastrophe destroys New York City.
- ROBINSON, FRANK M(alcolm) (1926- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Science Fiction of the 20th Century (Collectors Press 1-888054-29-8, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $59.95, 256pp, hc) Lavishly illustrated pictorial history of SF, with index. A signed, boxed, limited edition of 2000 with modified cover art (printed on the cover, with silver embossing) is also available (-30-1, $89.95). Order from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; credit card orders 800-423-1848.
- * *Waiting (Tor/Forge 0-312-86652-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.95, 303pp, hc) Thriller/horror novel of another race living among us.
- ROBINSON, JOHN C. (chron.)
- * *Secret of the Snow Leopard (Lost Coast Press 1-882897-29-3, 1999 [Nov ’99], $16.95, 284pp, tp, cover by Ken Michaelson) SF novel of efforts to build a space ark to save creatures from dying Earth.
- ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Antarctica (Bantam 0-553-57402-7, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 653pp, pb, cover by Galen Rowell) Reprint (Voyager 1997) near-future ecological SF novel.
- * _Antarctica (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651264-X, Sep ’99, £6.99, 562pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager 1997) SF eco-thriller set in the 21st century.
- * _Escape from Kathmandu (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-04-440772-6, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £5.99, 314pp, pb) [Freds] Reprint (Tor 1989) collection of four connected stories.
- * *The Martians (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225358-5, Apr ’99, £17.99, 400pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Mostly original SF collection in the Mars series, including Martian mythology, poetry, alternative scenarios, and outtakes from the trilogy. (Contents)
- * +The Martians (Bantam Spectra 0-553-80117-1, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $24.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Collection of pieces related to Robinson’s “Mars” series. First US edition (Voyager 1999).
- * _The Martians (SFBC #05028, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $12.50, 336pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (Voyager 1999) collection of pieces related to Robinson’s “Mars” series. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Memory of Whiteness (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648256-2, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1985) SF novel.
- ROBINSON, SPIDER (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon (Tor 0-812-57227-0, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $6.99, 205pp, pb, cover by James Warhola) [*Callahan’s Place] Reprint (Ace 1977) SF collection.
- ROBSON, JUSTINA L(ouise) A(lice) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- ROCHE, THOMAS S., ed. (stories) (chron.)
- ROESSNER, MICHAELA; [i.e., Michaela-Marie Roessner-Herman] (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Stars Compel (Tor 0-312-85755-1, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $25.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Stars Dispose] Historical fantasy novel of Catherine de’ Medici and her chef, sequel to The Stars Dispose.
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