The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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RICHARDS, JUSTIN (stories) (chron.) (continued)
_____, ed. * _Decalog 4: Re-Generations: Ten Stories/A Thousand Years/One Family (with Andy Lane) See entry under Andy Lane. * _Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences (with Andy Lane) See entry under Andy Lane.
RICHARDS, PAUL; house pseudonym

* _The Unblessed (Zebra 0-8217-2380-4, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 397pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1982) horror novel. A reincarnated hero battles an ancient evil. second printing.
RICHARDS, THOMAS

* *Star Trek in Myth and Legend (Orion Media 0-75280-799-4, Jun ’97, £14.99, 180pp, hc) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, critical study of Star Trek and its origins in, and use of, human myths.
RICHARDS, TONY (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Harvest Bride (Tor 0-812-52520-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Horror novel.
* _The Harvest Bride (Headline 0-7472-3085-4, Jan ’88, £2.95, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) occult novel. Yet another novel about Kali and thuggees, but this one has none of the power of Song of Kali. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
* *Night Feast (Pan 0-330-33310-0, Jan ’95, £5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Horror novel. Gods of ancient Egypt live on in the immortal bodies of their high priests, feeding on mankind’s dark emotions.
RICHARDSON, [Dr.] DARRELL C(oleman) (1918-2006) (assoc.)

* *J. Allen St. John: An Illustrated Bibliography (Mid-America Publishers no ISBN, Dec ’91, $15.00, 111pp, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliography of books and magazines where artwork by Golden Age illustrator J. Allen St. John appeared, with many black-&-white illustrations and an introduction by the author.
RICHARDSON, DAVID J.

* *The Star Dwarves Travesty (Northwest Publishing 1-56901-298-9, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], $8.95, 244pp, tp) Humorous SF novel, a parody of Star Wars. Order from Northwest Publishing, 6906 South 300 West, Salt Lake City UT 84047.
* _The Star Dwarves Trilogy (StarsEnd Creations 1-889120-06-5, 1997 [Feb ’97], $12.95, 244pp, tp) Reprint (Northwest 1995 as The Star Dwarves Travesty) humorous SF novel, a parody of Star Wars. Order from StarsEnd Creations, 8547 East Arapahoe Rd. #J224, Greenwood Village, CO 80112.
RICHARDSON, JEAN, ed. (stories)

* +Beware! Beware! (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82544-1, Mar ’89 [Sep ’89], $11.95, 120pp, hc) Original anthology of nine stories of young-adult supernatural fiction. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1987). (Contents)
* _Beware! Beware! (Lightning 0-340-50096-4, Jun ’89, £1.99, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1987) original young-adult horror anthology.
* *Beware! Beware! - Strange and Sinister Tales (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12104-3, Oct ’87, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Juvenile ghost/horror anthology. (Contents)
* *Cold Feet (London: Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-37745-3, Oct ’85, £5.95, 127pp, hc) Anthology of eight original “scary stories” written for younger readers. (Contents)
* _Cold Feet (Knight 0-340-39893-0, Dec ’86, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stroughton 1985) juvenile horror anthology.
* _Cold Feet (Lightning 0-340-42963-1, Jun ’88, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1985) young-adult ghost/horror anthology.
* _Cold Feet (Lightning 0-340-42963-1, Jun ’89, £1.99, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1985) young-adult horror anthology. [Not seen]
RICHARDSON, LINDA (1944- )

* _A Personal Demon (with David F. Bischoff & Richard W. Brown) See entry under David F. Bischoff
RICHARDSON, MICHAEL (Allen), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

* *The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things (Dedalus 1-873982-45-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £8.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Robert Pepperell) Anthology of surrealist fantasy, most translated into English for the first time. (Contents)
RICHARDSON, NANCY

* *Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights #1: The Golden Globe (Boulevard 1-57297-035-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.50, 116pp, tp, cover by Eric J. W. Lee) [Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights] Young-adult Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm Ltd.
RICHEMONT, ENID (stories)

* *The Game (Walker 0-7445-1548-3, Sep ’90, £8.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Mick Brownfield) Young-adult sf novel set in a future where remembering the past is illegal.
* _The Game (Walker 0-7445-2307-9, Mar ’92 [Dec ’92], £2.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Mick Brownfield) Reprint (Walker 1990) young-adult sf novel.
* *The Time Tree (Walker 0-7445-0836-3, Apr ’89, £6.95, 96pp, hc) Young-adult occult novella.
* _The Time Tree (Walker 0-7445-1447-9, Mar ’90, £2.50, 94pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult time-travel/ghost story about three girls, two from the 20th century and one from the 16th century, who meet in a tree.
* *Wolfsong (Walker 0-7445-2432-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £4.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Richard Parent) Young-adult fantasy/horror novel.
* _Wolfsong (Walker 0-7445-3098-9, Nov ’93, £2.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Richard Parent) Reissue (Walker 1992) young-adult fantasy/horror novel.
RICHERSON, CARRIE (stories) (chron.)

* *Geckos (Roadkill Press no ISBN, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], $7.00, 28pp, ph, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror short story printed as a limited edition pamphlet. A woman researching Texas history is haunted by pink lizards. Available from Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Road, Arvada CO 80004; add $1.00 postage.
RICHEY, JAMES

* _Quest for the Fallen Star (with Alan Riggs & Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.
RICHLER, MORDECAI (1931-2001) (stories)

* _Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15589-X, May ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.75, 82pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1987) children’s sf novella. Jacob’s parents bring home a lizard that quickly grows into a Diplodocus.
RICKMAN, GREGG (stories)

* *Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words (Fragments West 0-916063-01-1, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $9.95, 255pp, tp) First in a three-book series on the life and works of P.K. Dick, most of the material here consists of interview transcripts. A lot of it has never appeared before, and much of it is fascinating. Foreword by Roger Zelazny. (CNB) [Dick]
* *Philip K. Dick: The Last Testament (Fragments West 0-916063-02-X, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $9.95, 240pp, pb) Non-fiction (maybe). These are interviews with Dick plus letters, etc., on his 1974 religious conversion and what came after. It’s philosophical, religious, or paranoid ravings, depending on your point of view. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. [Dick]
* *To the High Castle Philip K. Dick: A Life 1928-1962 (Fragments West 0-916063-24-0, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $19.95, 450pp, tp) Biography of Philip K. Dick, the first volume of a two-part work. This includes a foreword by Tim Powers, an introduction by the author, a bibliography, a literary chronology, an analysis of Dick’s personality factor profile test, and detailed notes.
RICKMAN, PHIL(ip); see pseudonym Will Kingdom (stories) (assoc.)

* _Candlenight (Pan 0-330-32520-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £4.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Duckworth 1991) horror novel about Celtic magic in a remote Welsh village.
* +Candlenight (Jove 0-515-11715-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 463pp, pb) Horror novel about Celtic magic in a modern Welsh village. First US edition (Duckworth 1991).
* *The Chalice (Macmillan UK 0-333-64484-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 550pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. Glastonbury, possible refuge of the fabled Holy Grail, may also hold another secret.. the anti-Grail, the Dark Chalice.
* _The Chalice (Pan 0-330-34267-3, Jun ’98, £5.99, 646pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) dark fantasy novel.
* *Crybbe (Macmillan UK 0-333-59158-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £14.99, 664pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horror novel about a sombre little town in the Welsh borders.
* _Crybbe (Pan 0-330-32893-X, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 664pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993) horror novel about a sombre little town in the Welsh borders.
* +Curfew (Putnam 0-399-13861-7, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $23.95, 492pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Macmillan 1993 as Crybbe).
* _Curfew (SFBC #01243, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $10.98, 492pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village. Similar to the 1993 Putnam edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Curfew (Berkley 0-425-14334-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 625pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village.
* _Curfew (Berkley 0-425-14334-1, Oct ’98, $7.50, 625pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel. 11th printing.
* *December (Macmillan UK 0-333-62309-6, Dec ’94, £14.99, 648pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Horror novel. Psychically gifted musicians record an album in a haunted abbey.
* _December (Pan 0-330-33677-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1994) horror novel. The rediscovery of musical tapes recorded on the night of John Lennon’s murder awaken ancient evils.
* +December (Berkley 0-425-15377-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $6.99, 678pp, pb) Horror novel about psychically gifted musicians in a haunted abbey. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1994); the copyright page says the UK edition was “in a slightly different form”.
* *The Man in the Moss (Macmillan UK 0-333-59159-3, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], £16.99, 596pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Horror novel.
* _The Man in the Moss (Pan 0-330-33784-X, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1994) horror novel.
* *The Wine of Angels (Macmillan UK 0-333-64485-9, Jun ’98, £16.99, 534pp, hc) [Merrily Watkins] Ghost/supernatural novel. A new female vicar encounters a resident ghost and resurging evil. First in the “Merrily Watkins” series.
RICO, JOE, ed. (stories)

* _First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster See entry under Murray Leinster.
RIDDELL, CHRIS (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
RIDDELL, PAUL T. (stories)

* *Squashed Armadillocon: Or “Fear and Loathing in Austin: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of the Fanboy Dream" (HillyBilly Feast Press no ISBN, 1993 [Jul ’93], $10.00, 151pp, tp, cover by Ernest Hogan) Associational Hunter Thompson-type parody, a semi-autobiographical account of the 1991 Armadillocon in Austin, Texas. Available from Hypatia Press, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401.
RIDDELL, RUTH

* *Haunted Journey (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31429-9, Oct ’88 [Feb ’89], $13.95, 215pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of woods haunted by Cherokee spirits.
* *Shadow Witch (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31484-1, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $13.95, 202pp, hc, cover by Michelle A. Bakay) Young-adult fantasy of a ’60s teenager whose LSD flashbacks send him into the world of the fiendish Shadow Witch.
RIDGWAY, JIM, ed.; [i.e., James Mervyn Benson Ridgway, Jr.] (1930- ) (stories)

* *PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions (with Michele Benjamin) (The British Psychological Society 0-901715-62-X, Jan ’87 [Aug ’87], £8.95, 229pp, tp) Anthology of sf stories with psychological commentaries. (Contents)
RIDGWAY, JOHN

* _Hellblazer: Volume One (with Jamie Delano) See entry under Jamie Delano.
RIDING, JULIA

* *Space Traders Unlimited (Pied Piper 0-416-02212-X, May ’87, £5.95, 160pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
* +Space Traders Unlimited (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31409-4, Apr ’88, $12.95, 157pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel set on Mars. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1987).
RIDLEY, PHILIP

* +Dakota of the White Flats (Knopf 0-679-81168-0, Mar ’91, $12.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Rob Shepperson) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two kids are curious about a cart that a bag lady keeps a monster in. First American edition (Collins 1989).
* +Kasper in the Glitter (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45799-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $15.99, 204pp, hc, cover by Chris Schmidt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy from Nowhere has to go to the city of Glitter to recover his mother’s brooch. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. First US edition (Viking UK 1994).
RIEFE, ALAN (R.) (1925-2001)

* *Scared To Death (Diamond 1-55773-536-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 276pp, pb) Horror novel of a vengeful chemist putting his victims in an undetectable cataleptic state.
* *Viper (Charter Diamond 1-55773-430-5, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 271pp, pb) Horror novel. A little girl with a strange power over snakes uses them to destroy her mother’s murderers.
RIEMER, JAMES D.

* *From Satire to Subversion: The Fantasies of James Branch Cabell (Greenwood 0-313-25569-5, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], $36.00, 106pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism on Cabell’s fantastic fiction. [Cabell]
RIFBJERG, KLAUS (Thorvald) (1931- )

* *Witness to the Future (Fjord 0-940242-18-4, Sep ’87, $8.95, 214pp, tp) Literary sf novel, translated from Danish (De Hellige Aber, Gyldendal 1981) by Steve Murray. Two boys suddenly find themselves in 1988, having entered a cave in 1941. Also announced in a library hardcover (-21-4) at $17.95. Order from Fjord Press, Box 16501, Seattle WA 98116.
RIGELSFORD, ADRIAN (stories)

* *Doctor Who: The Monsters (with Andrew Skilleter) (Doctor Who Books 1-85227-283-X, Sep ’92, £14.99, 166pp, hc, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Blend of fiction and non-fiction about ten of the most famous monsters who confronted Doctor Who, and the people who made them. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $24.95.
* *The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel (Boxtree 0-7522-0959-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], £14.99, 192pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Illustrated study of the Doctor Who TV series. Including a synopsis of every serial broadcast from 1963 to 1989.
RIGGS, ALAN (stories)

* _Quest for the Fallen Star (with Piers Anthony & James Richey) See entry under Piers Anthony.
RIGNEY, JAMES (Oliver), Jr. (1948-2007); see pseudonym Robert Jordan (stories) (chron.)
RILEY, EUGENIA; [i.e., Eugenia Riley Essenmacher] (c1947- )

* *A Tryst in Time (Leisure 0-8439-3198-1, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 444pp, pb) Time-travel romance. A man from the Civil War era and a modern woman find love together in an old plantation house where time is suspended.
RILEY, FRANK; pseudonym of Frank Rhylick, (1915-1996) (stories)

* _The Forever Machine (with Mark Clifton) See entry under Mark Clifton.
* _They’d Rather Be Right (with Mark Clifton) See entry under Mark Clifton.
RILEY, JAME A., ed. (stories)

* *Once Upon a Midnight (with Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller) (Unnameable Press 0-934227-16-0, Mar ’95 [May ’95], $10.95, 87pp, tp) Poetry anthology of 75 works of dark verse commemorating the 150th anniversary of Poe’s “The Raven”. Available from Unnameable Press, PO Box 11689, Atlanta GA 30355-1689; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (1942- )

* *In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Delacorte 0-385-30089-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 440pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Vision of Light] Historical fantasy novel, sequel to A Vision of Light.
* _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (NEL 0-450-55688-3, Aug ’91, £9.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) mediaeval fantasy novel about a quest for a magical jewel. Also announced in hardcover (-54402-8, £15.99). This is a sequel to A Vision of Light. [First U.K. edition]
* _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Dell 0-440-21103-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) historical fantasy novel, sequel to A Vision of Light.
* _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (NEL 0-450-56245-X, Apr ’92, £5.99, 454pp, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) mediæval fantasy novel about a quest for a magical jewel. Sequel to A Vision of Light.
* *The Oracle Glass (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-59346-0, Apr ’94, £16.99, 390pp, hc) Occult fantasy novel. Seventeenth century France: the young heroine is initiated into the network of sorceresses who control the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Recommended (IC).
* +The Oracle Glass (Viking 0-670-85054-3, Jun ’94, $22.95, 510pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Historical fantasy novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1994).
* _The Oracle Glass (Coronet 0-340-60993-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], £5.99, 486pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) fantasy novel set at the court of Louis XIV in 17th century France. Recommended (IC).
* _The Oracle Glass (Ballantine/Fawcett 0-449-91006-7, Nov ’95, $12.50, 510pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) historical fantasy occult romance.
* *The Serpent Garden (Viking 0-670-86661-X, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $24.95, 467pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Historical novel with supernatural elements, about a female portrait painter caught up in intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.

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