The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

RUSS, JOANNA (Ruth) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Extra(ordinary) People (St. Martin’s 0-312-27806-3, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $10.95, 161pp, hc) Collection of 5 stories, including the Hugo-winning novella “Souls”. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Extra(ordinary) People (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3950-1, 1985, £1.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Judith Clute) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) collection.
• * _Extra(ordinary) People (St. Martin’s 0-312-27807-1, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) collection. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Female Man (Beacon Press 0-8070-6313-4, 1986 [Jan ’87], $7.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1975) polemic sf novel. This has a 1986 date, but we did not see it until now.
• * _The Female Man (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3949-8, Feb ’94, £6.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Amanda Ward) Reprint (Bantam 1975) sf novel.
• * _The Female Man (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’94, no price, 220pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1975) feminist sf novel, with an introduction by Sarah Lefanu and a frontispiece by Clee Richeson. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *The Hidden Side of the Moon (St. Martin’s 0-312-01105-9, Jan ’88, $15.95, 229pp, hc) Collection of 26 stories. Highly recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _The Hidden Side of the Moon (St. Martin’s 0-312-02219-0, Oct ’88, $7.95, 229pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) collection. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Hidden Side of the Moon (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4185-9, Mar ’89, £4.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Judith Clute) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf/fantasy collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _How to Suppress Women’s Writing (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3932-3, Feb ’94, £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Namara) Reprint (University of Texas 1983) non-fiction book.
• * _Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-164-3, 1987 [Jan ’87], $16.95, 119pp, hc) Reprint (Crossing Press 1985); associational, collection of essays — mostly not sf-oriented. Instant hardcover of last year’s paperback, previously unseen.
• * *Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-163-5, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $6.95, 119pp, pb) Non-sf/fantasy, listed for Russ fans. A collection of feminist essays on sex and pornography. Includes an essay on Kirk/Spock pornography. Recommended. (DLN)
• * *Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts (The Crossing Press 0-89594-164-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $14.95, 119pp, hc) Hardcover version of the above.
• * *On Strike Against God (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4074-7, Mar ’87, £2.95, 107pp, pb) Reprint (Out & Out Books 1982) of associational interest. A feminist ‘coming-out’ story. [First U.K. edition]
• * *To Write Like a Woman (Indiana University Press 0-253-20983-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $12.95, 181pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 14 essays in Feminism and SF, with an introduction by Sarah LeFanu. Also announced in hardcover (-32914-0, $27.95) but not seen. Available from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-842-6796.
• * _The Two of Them (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4035-6, Sep ’86, £2.25, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley-Putnam 1978) sf novel.
• * _We Who Are About To (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4085-2, Aug ’87, £3.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1977) sf novel. This is billed as “First UK publication”, but has previously appeared from Methuen.
• * *The Zanzibar Cat (Baen 0-671-55906-0, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $3.50, 286pp, pb) Collection, contents revised from Arkham House 1983 edition. (Contents)

RUSS, MALLORY

• * _Kiss of the Beast (Mills & Boon 0-263-79832-1, Jul ’96, £2.10, 218pp, pb) Reprint (??? 1995) SF/fantasy romantic novel derived from Beauty and the Beast, Involves other worlds, dimensions and humanoid races. Published in 1996, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Olivia Rupprecht. [First U.K. edition]

RUSSELL, ALAN K(ingsley);, ed. pseudonym of Lionel Levanthal, (1937- )

• * *The Book of the Dead (New Orchard 1-85079-035-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 384pp, hc) Anthology of 13 stories of the supernatural by Dickens, Le Fanu, Poe, etc. According to the dustjacket, Alan K. Russell is “the pseudonym of a well-known international publisher." (Contents)

RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK (1905-1978) (stories)

• * _The Best of Eric Frank Russell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33223-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.95, 336pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) collection; introduction by Alan Dean Foster; 2nd printing.
• * _The Best of Eric Frank Russell (Del Rey 0-345-33223-7, Mar ’87 [Jul ’87], £2.95, 366pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf collection. Distributed in the UK by Futura.
• * _Deep Space (Mandarin 0-7493-0103-1, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], £3.50, 249pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) classic sf collection. This is the first unabridged paperback edition. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Design for Great-Day (with Alan Dean Foster) See entry under Alan Dean Foster.
• * _Dreadful Sanctuary (Mandarin 0-7493-0073-6, Jul ’89, £3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1951) sf novel. This edition follows the text of the 1967 Four Square edition.
• * _The Great Explosion (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-991-X, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $3.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1962) sf fix-up novel.
• * _Like Nothing on Earth (Methuen 0-413-60010-6, Oct ’86, £1.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1975) collection of 7 sf stories.
• * _Men, Martians and Machines (Crown 0-517-55184-5, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $7.95, 216pp, hc) [Jay Score] Reprint (Dennis Dobson 1955) sf novel composed of four novellas. There is a new introduction by George Zebrowski. Volume 1 in the “Classics of Modern Science Fiction” series.
• * +Next of Kin (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32761-6, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Humorous sf novel. First American edition (Dobson 1959) of the complete version of The Space Willies (Ace 1958), an expansion of the 1957 Astounding classic novella “Plus-X”. This edition has a new introduction by Jack Chalker which says this longest version of the three was written first.
• * _Next of Kin (Mandarin 0-7493-0072-8, Jul ’89, £2.99, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1959) sf novel. This includes the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
• * _Sentinels from Space (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32758-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Bourgey & Co. 1953) sf novel; “a superhuman spacepilot is mankind’s only hope against aliens.”
• * _Sentinels from Space (Methuen 0-413-15640-0, Nov ’87, £2.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Bouregy & Curl 1953) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
• * _Sinister Barrier (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32760-8, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel. This is the revised, expanded version of an earlier book (World’s Work 1943). This edition has a new introduction by Jack Chalker.
• * _Sinister Barrier (Methuen 0-413-58870-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.50, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel.
• * _Three to Conquer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32757-8, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1956) sf novel of a telepath vs. an alien invasion.
• * _Three to Conquer (Methuen 0-413-15650-8, Nov ’87, £2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1956) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
• * +Wasp (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32759-4, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 196pp, pb) Sf novel of a secret agent on an alien planet. “First unabridged U.S. publication.” The text follows the 1958 Denis Dobson edition instead of that of the 1957 Avalon first edition, so it should be considered a “first American” edition.
• * _Wasp (Methuen 0-413-58860-2, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.50, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Dobson 1958) sf novel. “He was sent to make war against another planet — singlehanded!”
• * _With a Strange Device (Mandarin 0-7493-0102-3, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], £2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Patrick Mortemore) Reprint (Dobson 1964) sf novel.

RUSSELL, GARY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who (BBC Books 0-563-38000-4, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £3.99, 223pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization of the recent “made for TV” film.
• * *Doctor Who: Business Unusual (BBC Books 0-563-40575-9, Sep ’97, £4.99, 277pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 4 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
• * *Doctor Who: Invasion of the Cat-People (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20440-9, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: Placebo Effect (BBC Books 0-563-40587-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelisation based on the TV series. Book 13 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.
• * *Legacy (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20412-3, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [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.
• * *The New Adventures: Deadfall (New Adventures 0-426-20513-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from Doctor Who books, but without the Doctor. Book 6 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
• * *The Scales of Injustice (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20477-8, Jul ’96, £4.99, 262pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 24 in “The Missing Adventures”.

RUSSELL, J. S.; pseudonym; see under Russell, Jay (stories) (chron.)

RUSSELL, JAY (S.) (1961- ); pseudonym (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood (Raven 1-85487-466-7, Oct ’96, £5.99, 277pp, tp) SF/horror novel.
• * *Burning Bright (Raven 1-85487-467-5, Oct ’97, £5.99, 280pp, tp) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy thriller, the sequel to Celestial Dogs.
• * +Burning Bright (St. Martin’s 0-312-18545-6, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $23.95, 280pp, hc) [Marty Burns] Supernatural mystery/horror novel, sequel to Celestial Dogs. First US edition (Robinson 1997).
• * *Celestial Dogs (Raven 1-85487-429-2, Jan ’96, £5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy novel. A down-at-heel private eye’s search for a missing hooker leads to the bright lights of L. A. and the dark horrors of Japanese demonology. A first novel.
• * +Celestial Dogs (St. Martin’s 0-312-15076-8, Mar ’97, $22.95, 261pp, hc) [Marty Burns] Mystery/horror novel. Hardboiled supernatural mystery about a ’60s teen idol turned ’90s PI. First US edition (Raven 1996).

RUSSELL, JEAN, ed. (1939-1982?)

• * _The Dollmaker and Other Sinister Stories (Mammoth 0-7497-1490-5, Nov ’93, £2.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Neil Breedon) Reprint (Methuen 1982 as The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories) young-adult horror anthology.
• * +Supernatural Stories: 13 Tales of the Unexpected (Franklin Watts Orchard 0-531-05723-2, Sep ’87, $11.95, 156pp, hc) Anthology of young-adult horror stories. First American edition (Orchard UK 1987).

RUSSELL, MARY DORIA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Children of God (Villard 0-679-45635-X, Mar ’98, $23.95, 438pp, hc, cover by Giotto di Bodone) [Sparrow] SF novel, sequel to The Sparrow. Father Sandoz is forced to return to Rakhat.
• * *The Sparrow (Villard 0-679-45150-1, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.00, 408pp, hc, cover by Giotto di Bondone) [Sparrow] First contact novel. A Jesuit leads a mission to an alien culture, where misunderstandings lead to disaster. A first novel.
• * _The Sparrow (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-91255-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $12.00, 423pp, tp, cover by Giotto di Bondone) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1996) first contact novel. This is a “Reader’s Circle” edition with a discussion guide and brief interview with Russell.
• * _The Sparrow (Black Swan 0-552-99777-3, Nov ’97, £6.99, 506pp, tp) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1996) first contact novel. A Jesuit leads a mission to an alien culture, where misunderstandings lead to disaster. A first novel. Winner of the 1996 James Tiptree Award. [First U.K. edition]

RUSSELL, P. CRAIG, adapters (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone (with Roy Thomas & Michael T. Gilbert) See entry under Roy Thomas.

RUSSELL, RAY(mond Robert) (1924-1999) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Absolute Power (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-27-8, Apr ’92, $49.00, 249pp, hc) Horror novel. This is a 500-copy signed boxed limited edition. Available from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.
• * *Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell (Maclay 0-940776-20-0, Nov ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, 187pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories, several revised. Horror in the grand old style, with some modern psychological twists. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Incubus (Sphere 0-7221-7560-4, Dec ’86, £2.50, pb) Reprint horror novel.

RUSSELL, RAYMOND B., ed. (stories)

• * _Aklo, A Volume of the Fantastic (with Mark Valentine & Roger Dobson) See entry under Mark Valentine.
• * *Tales from Tartarus (with Rosalie Parker) (Tartarus Press 1-872621-19-7, 1995, 202pp, hc) Anthology of 15 stories, mainly original. (Contents)

RUSSELL, SAMUEL D.

• * *Irony and Horror: The Art of M.R. James (The Ghost Story Society no ISBN, Jul ’93, no price, 26pp, ph) Article on M.R. James, first published in The Acolyte in Fall 1945, with a new introduction by Rosemary Pardoe. This booklet was distributed free of charge to the members of The Ghost Story Society. [James]

RUSSELL, SEAN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Beneath the Vaulted Hills (DAW 0-88677-745-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $24.95, 451pp, hc, cover by Robert Giusti) [River Into Darkness] Fantasy novel, a prequel to World Without End. Erasmus Flattery is unknowingly caught in the schemes of the last Mage.
• * _Beneath the Vaulted Hills (DAW 0-88677-794-1, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Robert Giusti) [River Into Darkness] Reprint (DAW 1997) fantasy novel, first in the “River Into Darkness” series, prequel to World Without End.
• * *The Compass of the Soul (DAW 0-88677-792-5, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $24.95, 388pp, hc) [River Into Darkness] Fantasy novel, sequel to Beneath the Vaulted Hills, book two in the “River into Darkness”, a prequel series to “Moontide and Magic Rise”. Efforts fail to fully defeat the mage Eldritch’s efforts to eliminate magic from the world.
• * *Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $5.50, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Fantasy novel, second and final book of the “Initiate Brother” series. The signs reveal that the Great Teacher has been reborn, and a young monk faces the task of rescuing the war-torn empire.
• * _Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Feb ’96, $5.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1992) Asian fantasy novel, second and concluding book of “The Initiate Brother”. Fifth printing.
• * _Gatherer of Clouds (DAW 0-88677-536-1, Aug ’98, $6.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1992) Asian fantasy novel, second and concluding book of “The Initiate Brother”. Sixth printing.
• * *The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Epic-size Oriental fantasy novel of Imperial intrigue, first book of a new series. A first novel.
• * _The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Feb ’96, $5.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1991) Asian fantasy novel, Book One of the series by the same title. Fifth printing.
• * _The Initiate Brother (DAW 0-88677-466-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Initiate Brother] Reissue (DAW 1991) Asian fantasy novel, book one of the series by the same title. Sixth printing.
• * *The River into Darkness (SFBC #00314, Dec ’98, $14.98, 786pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [River Into Darkness] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: Beneath the Vaulted Hills (1997) and The Compass of the Soul (1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-901-6, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Sea Without a Shore (DAW 0-88677-665-1, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Fantasy novel, book two of “Moontide and Magic Rise”.
• * *World Without End (DAW 0-88677-624-4, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.99, 606pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Fantasy novel of alternate-world intrigue and adventure. A young naturalist (in the style of Charles Darwin) is sent voyaging in search of a magic herb. Recommended (CFC).
• * _World Without End (SFBC #07082, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $10.98, 467pp, hc, cover by Braldt Bralds) [Moontide and Magic Rise] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the DAW paperback edition, but lacks a price, and has the SFBC code number on the back jacket.

RUSSELL, SHARON A.

• * *Stephen King: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29417-8, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], $29.95, 171pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide. Includes biographical details, a bibliography, and an index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [King]

RUSSELL, WILLIAM MOY; [i.e., William M. S. Russell] (1925-2006)

• * *The Barber of Aldebaran (Janus 1-85756-129-5, Mar ’95, £7.95, 190pp, tp) Humorous SF novel. When all the robots on Aldebaran malfunction, Harri Balsam, ideas man for Robotics Inc., attempts a solution that comically affects everyone. The second half is even funnier than the first, as pheromones run wild—an astonishing and prescient plot, since this witty and adult tale was written in 1954 and 1955! (IC)

RUSSO, JOHN (A.) (1939- )

• * _The Complete Night of the Living Dead Filmbook (Crown/Harmony 0-517-56170-0, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $10.95, 120pp, pb) Reprint of small-press edition (Imagine Inc. 1985). The history of the movie’s making, by the scriptwriter.
• * *Inhuman (Pocket 0-671-45262-2, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 221pp, pb) Horror novel: “They were the walking dead, on a ruthless hunt for living blood.”
• * _Inhuman (Grafton 0-586-07314-0, Dec ’87, £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Living Things (Popular Library 0-445-20666-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 274pp, pb) Horror novel. An ancient evil is displacing Miami’s drug lords, and only a “burned out detective” and a “brilliant anthropologist” can stop it.