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Surveillance (Pantheon, 2006.)
Satire of a future America obsessed with security.
Blizzard. (See The Great Los Angeles Blizzard.)
Great Los Angeles Blizzard, The (Putnam, 1977, Jove, 1978. New English Library, 1979, as Blizzard.)
A freak change in weather patterns results in a blizzard of unprecedented ferocity in Los Angeles.
RACKHAM, JOHN (Pseudonym of John T. Phillifent, whom see.)
Alien Sea (Ace, 1968, bound with C.O.D. Mars by E.C. Tubb. Dobson, 1975.)
A film maker who believes himself above politics gets caught up in a battle for control of the Earth waged by Venusians and aliens from another system.
Alien Virus (Tit-Bits, 1955.)
Space Puppets #4.
An attack is made on the Mars colony.
Anything Tree, The (Ace, 1970, bound with The Winds of Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Dobson, 1977.)
An agent is sent on a mission to locate the planet which is home to a rumored intelligent tree. She eventually does so, after foiling attempts to sabotage her trip, and surviving on a world filled with dangerous animals.
Beanstalk (DAW, 1973.)
An interstellar war between two rival non-human empires is resolved through the involvement of a single Earthman inadvertently scooped up in this play on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Beasts of Kohl, The (Ace, 1966, bound with A Planet of Your Own by John Brunner.)
A prehistoric man taken to a far planet and rendered immortal returns to Earth after modern civilization has arisen, and has great difficulty finding a place for himself.
Beyond Capella (Ace, 1971, bound with The Electric Sword Swallowers by Kenneth Bulmer.)
Humans were expanding brashly into space, absorbing every race they encountered, voluntarily or not, until they reached Capella. Now a new enemy appears that has the weapons to resist Earth's further expansion.
Danger from Vega (Ace, 1966, bound with Clash of Star-Kings by Avram Davidson. Dobson, 1970.)
The Vegans are attempting to exterminate the human race, toward which they are inexplicably hostile. Two humans stranded on a Vegan occupied world find out the reason.
Dark Planet (Ace, 1971, bound with The Herod Men by Nick Kamin.)
Two men stranded on an alien planet which supposedly holds no secrets find themselves on the brink of a discovery that could change the galaxy.
Double Invaders, The (Ace, 1967, bound with These Savage Futurians by Philip E. High.)
A belligerent empire attempts to conquer what appears to be a peaceful, virtually defenseless planet, and discovers that appearances can be deceiving and tactics unexpected.
Earthstrings (Ace, 1972, bound with The Chariots of Ra by Kenneth Bulmer.)
A promising colony on another world suddenly ceases communicating, so an expedition is sent to find out why. They discover an unsuspected alien presence hostile to human expansion.
Flower of Doradil (Ace, 1970, bound with A Promising Planet by Jeremy Strike.)
Humans discover a planet where they can set up elaborate hunting expeditions, so long as they steer clear of the one continent with indigenous intelligent life. Elsewhere on the planet grows a flower that can cure most human diseases, and someone is secretly harvesting it and selling it offworld.
Ipomoea (Ace, 1969, bound with The Brass Dragon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Dobson, 1972.)
A new drug spreads through the stars, bringing immortality but at the cost of all signs of intelligence.
Jupiter Equilateral (Tit-Bits, 1954.)
Space Puppets #3.
A mysterious spaceship is found in the Jovian system.
Master Weed, The (Tit-Bits, 1954.)
Space Puppets #2.
A plot is underway to seize control of the human colony on Mars.
Proxima Project, The (Ace, 1968, bound with Target: Terra by Laurence M. Janifer & S.J. Treibich.)
A businessman becomes infatuated with an entertainer and follows her to the moon. There he discovers that she and a rock group are involved in the planning of the first trip to another star system.
Space Puppet (Tit-Bits, 1954.)
Space Puppets #1.
Space pirates.
Time to Live (Ace, 1966, bound with The Man Without a Planet by Lin Carter. Dobson, 1969.)
A man with amnesia finds himself on an unfamiliar world and charged with murder. Convinced that he is innocent, he seeks to clear himself and discover the secrets of his past.
Treasure of Tau Ceti, The (Ace, 1969, bound with Final War and Other Fantasies by K.M. O'Donnell.)
Humans try to barter with the natives of a distant world, natives who aren't convince that the human visitors are even intelligent, let alone worthy of trade.
Watch on Peter (Jonathan Cape, 1964.)
Not seen.
We, the Venusians (Ace, 1965, bound with The Water of Thought by Fred Saberhagen.)
Colonists on Venus are reluctant to admit that the humanoid natives of that world are actually intelligent because they don't make use of any of the artifacts of civilization that would be found in Earth's native societies.
Great Orme Terror, The (Butterworth, 1934.)
A murder mystery involving robots.
Lady from Venus, The (MacDonald, 1947.)
A visitor from Venus.
RADFORD, IRENE (See also C.F. Bentley. Also writes fantasy as Phyllis Ann Karr.)
Dragon Circle,The (DAW, 2004.)
Stargods #2.
Fugitive brothers with psi powers deal with intelligent dragons and avoid the efforts by the human interstellar empire to impress them into service.
Dragon Nimbus Novels Volume I, The (DAW, 2007.)
Omnibus of The Glass Dragon, The Perfect Princess, and The Loneliest Magician.
Dragon's Revenge, The (DAW, 2005.)
Stargods #3.
Fugitives find a safe haven, sort of, on a planet where magic apparently works.
Hidden Dragon, The (DAW, 2002.)
Stargods #1.
Three brothers on the run from the galactic police land on a failed colony world, and become embroiled in a battle with a local priest who represents a dragon god.
RAE, HUGH C. (See also Stuart Stern.)
Traveling Soul, The (Avon, 1978.)
The science of ancient civilizations that appears to be sorcerous is pitted against the technology of the next century in this interesting but sometimes confusing adventure.
Wildflower (Greatunpublished, 2001.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
RAFCAM, NAL
Troglodytes, The (Stockwell, 1961, Digit, 1962.)
The human race is menaced by dwarvish creatures living underground.
Singing, The (Atlantic Monthly, 1988.)
Allegorical story about a young woman who encounters a visitor from another planet and falls in love with him.
RAINEY, RICH (See Jason Frost.)
Vanessa (Cassell, 1904.)
Not seen. Futuristic setting.
Sexualis 1984 (Midwood, 1973.)
Futuristic pornography.
Tunnel from Calais (Macmillan, 1943.)
Adventure, saboteurs, politics, and engineering problems during the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel.
Islands of E, Cono, & My, The (Crown, 1973.)
A Utopian novel which follows the development of three islands with experimental governments.
Burning Light, The (Pitspopany, 2003.)
Children's book about time travel.
RAMSAY, JACK
Rage, The (Sphere, 1977, Ace, 1978.)
A powerful new strain of rabies is discovered in England and spreads faster than the authorities can control it.
RAMSEY, MILTON WORTH
Austral Globe, The (Ramsey, 1892.)
Not seen.
Future Dark Ages (Ramsey, 1900.)
Not seen.
Six Thousand Years Hence (Roper, 1891.)
An adventure in outer space.
Story of a Trip Through the Solar System, A (Ramsey, 1900.)
Not seen.
Earthquake Games (Jove, 2001.)
Marginal thriller in which the investigation of murder committed during an earthquake indicates the disaster may have been initiated by human hands.
RAND, AYN
Anthem (Cassell, 1938, Caxton, 1946, Pamphleteers, 1946, Signet, 1961.)
Long story about a future where individualism has been suppressed.
Atlas Shrugged (Random House, 1957, Signet, 1959.)
The competent people in America go on strike and civilization begins to collapse.
RAND, KEN (Also writes Fantasy.)
Where Angels Fear (Fairwood, 2008.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
RANDALL, FLORENCE ENGEL
Watcher in the Woods, The (Atheneum, 1980, Scholastic, ?.)
A teenager is one of several people who sense an unusual presence in the woods, linking it to other bizarre phenomena. She eventually is pivotal in discovering that an alien is out there, attempting to make contact.
RANDALL, JOHN D.
Jihad Ultimatum, The (Saybrook, 1988, Pinnacle, 1989.)
Terrorists with nuclear weapons are at large in the United States in this borderline near future thriller.
Tojo Virus, The (Zebra, 1991.)
Borderline thriller about a Japanese plot to introduce a virus that will destroy computer systems in the US and bring our economy to a complete halt.
RANDALL, MARTA
City in the North, A (Warner, 1976.)
A human and an alien jointly explore the ruins of a dead city on a remote world, and discover a technology unknown elsewhere.
Dangerous Games (Pocket, 1980.)
Kennerin #2.
A felinoid alien and a human companion get involved in a struggle between an interstellar corporation and a powerful clan which opposes their exploitation of the systems where they have influence.
Islands (Pyramid, 1976. Pocket, 1980, revised.)
One of the rare humans who cannot take advantage of immortality serums leaves Earth for many years. When she returns as an elderly woman, she encounters her old lover, still unchanged, and the tension that arises leads to danger.
Journey (Pocket, 1978, Hamlyn, 1979.)
Kennerin #1.
A family dynasty novel transplanted into space with great effectiveness. The Kennerins settle a planet and attract a following that eventually makes them a powerful force in the universe.
Those Who Favor Fire (Pocket, 1984.)
A devastating earthquake destroys large areas of the US, and in the aftermath the struggle for survival grows more desperate when rumors begin to spread of a nuclear accident caused by the quake, leaving a radioactive legacy behind it.
RANDALL, ROBERT (Pseudonym of Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg, both of whom see.)
Dawning Light (Gnome, 1959, Mayflower, 1964, Starblaze, 1981, Ace, 1982.)
Nidor #2.
As turmoil endangers the theocracy of Nidor, members of the government decide that the best way to reverse the influence of the visiting Earthmen is to destroy them and restore their world’s isolation from the rest of the universe.
Shrouded Planet, The. (Gnome, 1957, Mayflower, 1964, Starblaze, 1981, Ace, 1982.)
Nidor #1.
A devastated world that has forgotten its technology and is now ruled by superstition undergoes a major upheaval when a spaceship arrives from Earth.
RANDERSON, W. (See collaboration with D.A. Spencer.)
RANDLE, KEVIN D. (See also collaborations which follow.)
Chain of Command (Ace, 1992.)
Jefferson's War #6.
In order to bring an interstellar war to an end, a human general leads a daring attack on the aliens' homeworld, hoping to spread chaos among their remote forces.
Citadel, The (Ace, 1994.)
Galactic MI #3.
Secret agents aided by a telepath attempt to infiltrate a fortress world whose weaponry has already destroyed every force arrayed against it.
Death of a Regiment (Ace, 1991.)
Jefferson's War #5.
Human military forces scramble to a remote region of space where an alien armada has already inflicted massive casualties and seems poised to attack the heart of the human empire.
F.T.L. (Ace, 2004.)
Exploration Chronicle #3.
Efforts to build the first starship on Mars fall prey to sabotage.
Galactic MI (Ace, 1993.)
Galactic MI #1.
Agents of a secretive intelligence service travel to a planet which claims to have a perfect society, free of crime and other troubles. They are suspicious, however, because a supposedly Utopian planet shouldn't need this world's very extensive police force.
Galactic Silver Star, The (Ace, 1990.)
Jefferson's War #1.
A newly commissioned officer is the only survivor of an ill fated and ill planned mission. To prove that this wasn't just a fluke, he volunteers for a new assignment in an interstellar war against an alien race.
Gate, The (Ace, 2006.)
Exploration Chronicles #4.
The secret of interstellar travel, gained from an alien transmission, is part of a trap.
January Platoon, The (Ace, 1991.)
Jefferson's War #4.
A group of cloned soldiers are sent to bring peace to a colony locked in a battle with the native aliens. The commander discovers that the clones feel primary loyalty to their own kind, which complicates his battle planning.
Lost Colony, The (Ace, 1991.)
Jefferson's War #3.
The entire complement of a colony disappears from a world where the native species also seems to have utterly vanished. A human military mission is launched to track down a mysterious alien race which uses it as a lure for its slave trading industry.
Operation Roswell (Tor, 2002.)
Just after the end of World War II, American forces shoot down a flying saucer.
Price of Command, The (Ace, 1990.)
Jefferson's War #2.
A formerly peaceful colony has been virtually wiped out by the indigenous aliens, so a rescue mission is organized to pull out the survivors. To succeed, the rescuers may have to fight a full scale war first.
Rat Trap, The (Ace, 1993.)
Galactic MI #2.
A rogue planetoid appears near the human fleet, and reveals itself to be under intelligent control. Secret agents are landed on its surface to find out the intentions and nature of the controlling force.
Signals (Ace, 2003.)
Exploration Chronicle #1.
Signals from nearby space alert to the world to the imminent arrival of alien visitors.
Starship (Ace, 2004.)
Exploration Chronicle #2.
Mutiny breaks out aboard a generation starship.
RANDLE, KEVIN D. & CORNETT, ROBERT
Aldebaran Affair, The (Ace, 1988.)
Tau Ceti #2.
An inexperienced soldier is recruited for a new mission against Earth's enemies. This time he must infiltrate an enemy stronghold and liberate a number of captives including a number of his old friends.
Aquarian Attack, The (Ace, 1989.)
Tau Ceti #3.
One of the enigmatic alien ships attacking human colonies crashlands on an ocean world. Earth organizes a mission to locate it in order to investigate alien technology and perhaps find the reason why the mysterious intruders are so implacably hostile.
Remember the Alamo (TA, 1980, Ace, 1986.)
Robert Brown #1.
A group of Vietnam Vets are sent back through time where they successfully defend the Alamo and change the course of history.
Remember Gettysburg! (Charter, 1988.)
Robert Brown #2.
A group of time traveling soldiers discover that their interference has changed the course of history. The US of the 21st Century is ruled by the Nazis. In order to set things right, they go back through time again, this time to interfere with the Civil War.
Remember the Little Big Horn (Charter, 1990.)
Robert Brown #3.
In order to prevent the US from splitting into two nations, the time travelers go back to the Little Big Horn to make sure that Custer dies, even if they have to arrange it themselves.
Seeds of War (Ace, 1986.)
Tau Ceti #1.
An unknown alien force attacks and destroys a human outpost in deep space. In response, Earth creates a young, inexperienced, but determined military force and sends them out to defend human interests.
RANDLE, KEVIN D. & DRISCOLL, RICHARD
Inside Job (Ace, 1992.)
Star Precinct #3.
In the under culture of a gigantic interstellar ship, a wave of crime attracts the attention of the Star Cops, who discover a terrifying secret almost literally under their own feet.
Mind Slayer (Ace, 1992.)
Star Precinct #2.
A murderous telepath finds a perfect killing ground on an entertainment planet. There amid the recreations of various historic periods, he can kill his victims openly, because everyone assumes that it is all part of the show.
Star Precinct (Ace, 1992.)
Star Precinct #1.
The Star Cops are an elite force whose purpose is to combat interstellar crimes everywhere in human controlled space. In the opening volume, they battle a variety of villains, always successfully.
RANDOM, ALEX (Pseudonym of David Rowland, whom see.)
Cradle of Stars (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Dark Constellation (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Star Cluster Seven (Hale, 1974.)
Not seen.
RANKIN, ROBERT (more in Encyc of Fantasy)
Armageddon: The Musical (Bloomsbury, 1990, Dell, 1991.)
Armageddon #1.
Earth is a minor world in galactic society, except that it produces an immensely popular soap opera. A wide ranging spoof of SF and conventional fads.
Da-Da-Di-Da-Da Code, The (Gollancz, 2007.)
A spoof of The Da Vinci Code.
Suburban Book of the Dead: Armageddon III, the Remake, The (Bloomsbury, 1992.)
Armageddon #3.
Not seen.
They Came and Ate Us: Armageddon 2, the B Movie (Bloomsbury, 1992.)
Armageddon #2.
Not seen.
Brentford Chainstore Massacre (Doubleday, 1997.)
Someone succeeds in cloning Jesus from the shroud of Turin, and turns out a number of copies, one for each major religion.
RANKINE, JOHN (See also Douglas R. Mason.)
Android Planet (Pocket, 1976, Orbit, 1976.)
A Space 1999 book.
The wandering moon comes within range of the planet Pelorus, a world inhabited apparently by androids armed with superweapons, although the crew eventually finds a group of humans living secretly among them.
Astral Quest. (Dobson, ?, Orbit, 1975, Pocket, 1976.)
A Space 1999 book.
Four episodic adventures of the people inhabiting the moon after it has been freed from Earth's orbit.
Binary Z (Dobson, 1969.)
Space Corporation #3.
Not seen.
Blockade of Sinitron, The (Nelson, 1966.)
Dag Fletcher #1.
Collection of related stories.
Bromius Phenomenon, The (Ace, 1973, Dobson, 1976.)
Dag Fletcher #6.
Fletcher is sent to a distant planet where a survey ship disappeared. Although the natives seem amicable and cooperative, Fletcher suspects that they know more than they’re telling, and eventually he discovers that a terrible ritual is performed periodically, which involves the sacrifice of intelligent lives.
Fingalnan Conspiracy, The (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973.)
Not seen.
Interstellar Two Five (Dobson, 1966, Corgi, 1969.)
Dag Fletcher #2.
A spaceship crew find themselves marooned on a remote planet.
Last Shuttle to Planet Earth (Dobson, 1980.)
Not seen.
Lunar Attack (Dobson, ?, Orbit, 1975, Pocket, 1976.)
A Space 1999 novel.
Four more episodes in the adventures of the crew of Moonbase Alpha.
Moon Odyssey (Dobson, ?, Orbit, 1975, Pocket, 1975.)
A Space 1999 novel.
Four more episodes as the wandering moon comes into range of other worlds. The premise for this series was so scientifically illiterate, it's not worth trying to describe these plots.
Moons of Triopus (Dobson, 1968, Paperback Library, 1969.)
Space Corporation #2.
The discoverer of a potential colony world recognizes that there is a terrible danger on that world, so the politicians and business interests back on Earth decide to silence him before he scares off the potential immigrants and costs them a sizable profit.
Never the Same Door (Dobson, 1968.)
Space Corporation #1.
Not seen.
One Is One (Dobson, 1968, corgi, 1969.)
Dag Fletcher #3.
A scout ship lands on a distant planet and is immediately attacked by the local plant life. When they defeat that assault, they are subject to mental attack, including induced hallucinations.
Operation Umanaq (Ace, 1973, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974.)
Space Corporation #5.
A security officer is outlawed on trumped up charges and flees to a secret installation in Antarctica, where he uncovers a plot to secure control of the world by manipulating the ice floes.
Phoenix of Megaron (Pocket, 1976, Futura, 1976.)
A Space 1999 novel.
The Alphans discover a planet that might provide a new home, but they are horrified to see traces of a recent nuclear war. The survivors are split between a free society and one controlled by drugs, and the human visitors are caught in the middle.
Plantos Affair, The (Dobson, 1971.)
Dag Fletcher #4.
Not seen.
Ring of Garamus, The (Dobson, 1972.)
Dag Fletcher #5.
Not seen.
Star of Hesiock, The (Dobson, 1980.)
Not seen.
Thorburn Enterprise, The (Dobson, 1977.)
Not seen.
Vort Programme, The (Dobson, 1978.)
Not seen.
Weisman Experiment, The (Dobson, 1969.)
Space Corporation #4.
Not seen.
RANSOM, BILL (See also collaborations with Frank Herbert.)
Burn (Ace, 1995.)
An artificially produced virus is released without controls and spreads rapidly throughout the world. The effects are particularly horrible, and the death rate approaches one hundred percent.
Jaguar (Ace, 1990, Wildside, 2000.)
An ex-soldier with a sleep disorder has realistic dreams in which he visits other worlds and controls the lives of their inhabitants. It turns out that this isn't just a dream, his mental invasions are real, and some of his victims are aware of his presence and have developed a way of tracking him back to his home universe.
Viravax (Ace, 1993.)
Thriller about a secretive group of scientists who have been experimenting with genetic alterations, in some cases turning people into pre-programmed assassins. The protagonist learns of the plot, but isn't sure whether or not he is one of those who have been altered.
RANSOM, DANIEL (Pseudonym of Ed Gorman. See also Bruce Boxleitner.)
Fugitive Stars, The (DAW, 1995.)
A telepath stumbles against an alien plot against the human race, connected to a mysterious comet recently discovered in the solar system, and the discovery of a small group of people with a previously unknown disease.
Zone Soldiers (DAW, 1996.)
A plague that causes extreme mutations has divided America into two separate, physically separated societies. The hero is a pilot sent on a mission that ostensibly promises a cure for the disease, but which actually masks a more sinister purpose.
RANZETTA, LUAN
Maru Invasion, The (Digit, 1962.)
Earth gets involved in an interplanetary war and eventually outfoxes the enemy and carries the day.
Night of the Death Rain, The (Digit, 1963.)
Not seen.
Uncharted Planet, The (Digit, 1961.)
Not seen.
World in Reverse, The (Digit, 1962.)
Not seen.
Yellow Inferno (Digit, 1964.)
Confused bit about an Asiatic warlord bent on world domination and a group of scientists who are sent to defeat him.
RAPHAEL, RICK
Code Three (Simon & Schuster, 1966, Gollancz, 1966, Berkley, 1967, Panther, 1968.)
Episodic novel originally published as short stories. The adventures of a police officer of the future when traffic jams are of epic proportions and helicopters are used to lift vehicles out of the way. The police travel in armored vehicles using advanced weapons against lawbreakers.
Thirst Quenchers, The (Gollancz, 1965, Panther, 1968.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Copper Elephant, The (Harper, 1999.)
In a post collapse future, young children are set to slave labor in the mines.
RASMUSSEN, ALIS (See also Kate Elliott. Also writes Fantasy.)
Passage of Stars, A (Bantam, 1990.)
Highroad #1.
A woman trained in the martial arts sets out to rescue her tutor when he is kidnapped into space by unknown raiders. The trail leads through a series of strange planets and adventures.
Price of Ransom, The (Bantam, 1990.)
Highroad #3.
Although they were instrumental in overthrowing the old empire, a band of pirates discovers that they aren't wanted by the new rulers either, so they set off to find the origin of humanity, a part of the galaxy where they may be able to enjoy their own brand of freedom.
Revolution's Shore (Bantam, 1990.)
Highroad #2.
The heroine abandons her heritage to join forces with pirates and other rogues who are actually humanity's only hope to overthrow a vast interstellar empire that has become a repressive force limiting human expansion.
RASPAIL, JEAN
Camp of the Saints (Scribner, 1975, Ace, 1977, translated from the French by Norman Shapiro.)
The collapse of Western civilization beset by overpopulation, economic crises, and pressure from the Third World.
RATHBONE, JULIAN
Trajectories (Gollancz, 1998.)
An ex-rock star seeks a purpose to his life in a polluted, decadent, fraying at the edges not too distant future Earth.
Flight of Fear (Whitman, 1969.)
A Land of the Giants novel.
A group of people are stranded on a planet that looks a lot like Earth, except that the inhabitants are giant sized. Based on the television series.
RAUCH, EARL MAC
Buckaroo Banzai (Pocket, 1986, from the screenplay by the author.)
A man talented in many fields and his faithful followers help overcome an alien threat based in another dimension.
RAWN, MELANIE
Knights of the Morningstar (Ace, 1994, Boxtree, 1994.)
A Quantum Leap novel.
Sam is back in medieval times, jousting with the other nights, when he discovers that another time traveler has arrived, and wants to eliminate any competition.
RAY, DAVID
End of the Fourth Reich, The (Panther, 1966.)
Based on the British television series. A neo-Nazi organization has a new super laser with which they are attempting to conquer the world.
New School, The (Exposition, 1959.)
A Utopian novel.
Strange World of Planet X, The (Jenkins, 1957, Digit, 1963.)
Not particularly loyal novelization of a television series involving access to another dimension.
RAY, ROBERT
Metamorphosis (Hale, 1976.)
Not seen.
No Stars For Us (Digit, 1964.)
A stern new commander at a space project ignores his orders and launches a perilous expedition into outer space.
Seedy, The (Panther, 1969.)
Most of the worlds males are sterile. One of the few who remains fertile ventures out of the enclave in which his kind are protected for a series of adventures in a strange new world.
RAYBAN, CHLOE
Virtual Sexual Reality (Red Fox, 1996.)
A girl visits a virtual reality exhibition and inadvertently is changed into a boy.
Midnight Kisses (Love Spell, 2000.)
Romance novel about a woman who decides to build rather than find the perfect man.
RAYER, FRANCIS G.
Cardinal of the Stars (Digit, 1964. Arcadia, 1965, as Journey to the Stars.)
A man with superhuman powers disappeared from the Earth years before a series of armed attacks destroys many of humanity's spaceports. Has he returned to assert his control over the human race?
Coming of the Darakua (Hamilton, 1952.)
A space dwelling alien intelligence helps the human race to drive off an invasion force.
Earth - Our New Eden (Hamilton, 1952.)
A dystopian future world is destroyed, mercifully, by the arrival of alien spores.
Fearful Barrier (?, 1950.)
Not seen.
Iron and the Anger, The (Digit, 1964, Arcadia, 1967.)
Killer robots decide to wipe out the human race.
Journey to the Stars. (See Cardinal of the Stars.)
Realm of the Alien (Grafton, 1949.)
Not seen.
Star Seekers, The (Tit-Bits, 1953.)
Short novel about adventures on the first star flight.
Tomorrow Sometimes Comes (Home & Van Thal, 1951, Icon, 1960.)
The nations of the world struggle to find a new balance of power now that nuclear weapons are around.
We Cast No Shadow (Hamilton, 1952.)
A new invention inadvertently opens a doorway to another dimension from which shapechanging aliens invade.
Worlds at War (Tempest, undated.)
A story of interplanetary war.
Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo (Grosset & Dunlap, 1936.)
A Flash Gordon novel.
An intrepid adventurer from earth outwits the evil mastermind Ming and his plans for interstellar conquest.
RAYNER, CLAIRE
Baby Factory, The (Lancer, 1971. Simon & Schuster, 1970, as The Meddlers.)
A team of doctors and scientists find a volunteer for an experiment in genetic manipulation, hoping to produce a perfect child. Things don't go as planned. I could have told them that.
Meddlers, The. (See The Baby Factory.)
Earthworld (BBC, 2001.)
A Doctor Who novel.
A time trip to the 21st Century goes awry when the travelers find robots, dinosaurs, and androids waiting for them.
Last Dodo, The (BBC, 2007.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Sontaran Games, The (BBC, 2009.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Stone Rose (BBC, 2006.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Winner Takes All (BBC, 2005.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Wolfsbane (BBC, 2003.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The death of Harry Sullivan may be connected with werewolves and the Holy Grail.
Amadeus Net, The (Enc, 2005.)
Mozart is a secret immortal who has adventures in a mildly dystopian future.
Freeze (Critics Choice, 1988.)
Marginal thriller about an experiment in cryogenics that goes awry.
REAVES, MICHAEL (See also collaboration with Steve Perry.)
Fear Itself (Del Rey, 2007.)
A Batman novel.
Batman must discover who is using a gas that literally scares people to death.
I - Alien (Ace, 1978.)
An alien is transported through a portal to Earth, where he desperately seeks a way to escape. A human woman comes to his aid when he is menaced not only by his old enemies but by government officials who want to steal whatever knowledge is in his mind.
Shadow Hunter (Del Rey, 2001.)
A Star Wars novel.
Darth Maul is dispatched to track down a man who has betrayed his master's mission in this novel set in the days prior to the recent film. A young Jedi finds herself caught between the killer and a man who possesses information vital to the Jedi Council.
Street of Shadows (Del Rey, 2008.)
A Star Wars novel.
A Jedi turns private detective.
REBER, JACK
Eerie Canal, The (Royal Fireworks, ?)
Two youngsters are transported back in time where they get involved in the construction of the Erie Canal.
Tria and the Great Star Rescue (Delacorte, 2002, Dell Yearling, 2003.)
Children's story about a youngster who leaves her sterile world to find nature while looking for her missing mother.
Jonah (Hampton Roads, 2000.)
Romance novel about a man who finds a new love when an alien is stranded on Earth.
Martian Enterprise (Digit, 1962.)
Episodic adventures of a group of criminals imprisoned on a primitive planet.
Murder in Space (Galaxy, 1954. Magazine version in 1944.)
A fairly conventional murder mystery except that the crime took place in outer space.
Thing That Made Love, The (Universal, 1952. Magazine version in 1945 as The Metal Monster Murders.)
Mystery novel involving a mechanical device rumored to be responsible for the brutal murders of several women, each of whom died in ecstasy..
Whispering Gorilla, The (World, 1950, Pemberton, 1950.)
Not seen. An ape with a man's brain.
Terrible Threes, The (Atheneum, 1989.)
Near future political satire.
Terrible Twos, The (Richard Marek, 1982.)
Near future political satire.
REED, KIT (See also Shelly Hyde.)
Armed Camps (Dutton, 1969, Faber, 1969, Berkley, 1971.)
Violence becomes increasingly prevalent in the near future. We see the world disintegrating through the eyes of a woman who retreats to a pacifist community and a man who gives in to his urges to wreak destruction.
Baby Merchant, The (Tor, 2006.)
Marginal near future thriller in which designer babies and private adoptions are center stage.
Dogs of Truth (Tor, 2005.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Enclave (Tor, 2009.)
Danger in a sheltered community of the near future.
Fort Privilege (Doubleday, 1985, Ace, 1986.)
New York City has become a chaotic battleground. The rich segment of the population retreats into a walled camp, but the masses outside are unwilling to let them remain undisturbed. The results may destroy the city and all of its inhabitants.
Killer Mice, The (Gollancz, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Little Sister of the Apocalypse (Fiction Collective Two, 1986.)
Not seen.
Magic Time (Berkley, 1980.)
Visitors to a virtual reality playground discover that the games are sometimes real and have disastrous consequences.
Mister Da V. (Faber, 1967, Berkley, 1973.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Other Stories and the Attack of the Giant Baby (Berkley, 1991.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Revenge of the Senior Citizens ** Plus, The (Doubleday, 1986.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Seven for the Apocalypse (Wesleyan University, 1999.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Thinner Than Thou (Tor, 2004.)
In the near future, the cult of thinness becomes a religion.
REED, ROBERT
Beneath the Gated Sky (Tor, 1997.)
Veil #2
A man from Earth is sent through the mysterious Portal to a distant planet for a series of adventures. His companion is a shapechanging alien who knows more than she's saying.
Beyond the Veil of Stars (Tor, 1994.)
Veil #1.
A mysterious phenomenon occurs one night, altering the sky and changing the future of Earth forever, creating a Portal through which humanity can visit the stars.
Black Milk (Donald Fine, 1989, Orbit, 1990, Bantam, 1991.)
A group of children represent the first generation to have been genetically engineered to eliminate unwanted traits. As they grow toward maturity, they begin to discover that there is a hidden secret in their creation, and that they may not be on the verge of the utopia they anticipate.
Down the Bright Way (Bantam, 1991.)
An unknown race seeded human beings on countless planets. Efforts to track down those responsible are hindered when one of those cultures erupts into space with a lust for power and warfare that threatens all the other branches of intelligent life.
Dragons of Springplace, The (Golden Gryphon, 1999.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Exaltation of Larks, An (Tor, 1995.)
An unlikely and self absorbed human becomes the focal point for an attempt by alien intelligences to revise the way the universe works. He cooperates because of the promise of great power, until he meets a woman with whom he falls in love.
Hormone Jungle, The (Donald Fine, 1987, Popular Library Questar, 1989, Futura, 1989.)
On future Earth, a man falls in love with an android woman, unaware that she is being sought by her jealous owner. As if that wasn't trouble enough, he also stumbles upon an alien conspiracy.
Leeshore, The (Donald Fine, 1987, Popular Library Questar, 1988.)
Inhabitants of a lost colony world look forward to being rediscovered. Unfortunately that comes in the form of warships from two warring factions, who seem destined to launch their ultimate battle using the colony world as the battlefield.
Marrow (Tor, 2000, Orbit, 2001.)
Marrow #1.
A ship of nearly immortal humans and aliens has been traveling the universe for uncounted ages, its purpose and origin lost. The ship is so large that a planet exists within it, a planet just recently discovered and about to be explored.
Remarkables, The (Bantam, 1992.)
A secluded colony world is jointly inhabited by humans and an alien race. The aliens send their young on a symbolic journey into the mountains, and one of the humans decides to accompany the latest group. There, after many adventures, he learns much more about the aliens than he expected, and about himself as well.
Sister Alice (Orbit, 2002, Tor, 2003.)
In the far future, humans natural and cloned have joined with alien species to build a culture that can literally reshape worlds. But then a single figure arises, warning of a threat that could destroy them all.
Well of Stars, The (Tor, 2005.)
Marrow #2.
A vast ship that houses entire races encounters a dangerous anomaly in space.
REED, VAN (House pseudonym.)
Dwellers in Space (Curtis, 1953.)
A gigantic spaceship is given the job of keeping the peace in the galaxy.
House of Many Changes (Curtis, 1952.) (Dennis Talbot Hughes.)
A scientist arranges for his personality to survive his death.
REEVE, ARTHUR B. (See also collaboration which follows. Note that most of the stories in the Craig Kennedy collections are not SF but there are a few in each which are.)
Adventuress, The (Harper, 1917.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Atavar, the Dream Dancer (Harper, 1924.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Black Hand, The. (See The Silent Bullet.)
Boy Scouts' Craig Kennedy, The (Harper, 1925.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Clutching Hand, The (Reilly & Lee, 1934.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Craig Kennedy, Detective. (See The War Terror.)
Craig Kennedy Listens In (Harper, 1923.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Craig Kennedy on the Farm (Harper, 1925.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Diamond Queen, The. (See The Social Gangster.)
Dream Doctor, The (Van Rees, 1914, Harper, 1914, Wildside, 2000.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories about a detective who specializes in scientific mysteries.
Ear in the Wall, The (Hearst, 1916.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Exploits of Elaine, The (Hearst, 1915.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Film Mystery, The (Harper, 1921.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Fourteen Points, The (Harper, 1925.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Gold of the Gods, The (Hearst, 1915.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Kidnap Club, The (Macaulay, 1932.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Panama Plot, The (Harper, 1918.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Pandora (Harper, 1926.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Poisoned Pen, The (Dodd Mead, 1913, Wildside, 2000.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Radio Detective, The (Grosset & Dunlap, 1926.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Romance of Elaine, The (Hearst, 1916.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Silent Bullet, The (Dodd Mead, 1912, Wildside, 2000. Nash, 1912, as The Black Hand.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Social Gangster, The (Hearst, 1916. Hodder, 1917, as The Diamond Queen.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Soul Scar, The (Harper, 1919.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Stars Scream Murder, The (Appleton Century, 1936.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
Treasure-Train, The (Harper, 1917.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Triumph of Elaine, The (Hodder, 1916.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
War Terror, The (Hearst, 1915. Simpkin Marshall, 1915, as Craig Kennedy, Detective.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Collection of related stories.
Enter Craig Kennedy (Macaulay, 1935.)
A Craig Kennedy book.
Not seen.
REEVE, LAURA E.
Peacekeeper (Roc, 2008.)
Ariane Kedros #1.
A part time soldier in an interstellar military force has to find out who is murdering her former associates.
Vigilante (Roc, 2009.)
Ariane Kedros #2.
The discovery of alien ruins threatens instability.
Infernal Devices (?, 2005, Eos, 2006.)
Tom & Hester #3.
Tom and Hester now have a child, who has adventures of her own.
Mortal Engines (Scholastic UK, 2002, Eos, 2003.)
Tom & Hester #1.
In a future in which cities roll around the countryside, a young boy is cast off from London.
Predator's Gold (HarperCollins, 2004.)
Tom & Hester #2.
The two youths inherit an airship and have further adventures.
Sex Teacher 2000 AD (Pad Adult Library, 1972.)
Futuristic pornography.
REEVES, L.P.
Harlow's Dimension (Hale, 1977.)
Not seen.
If It's Blue, It's Plague (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
Last Days of the Peacemaker, The (Hale, 1976.)
Not seen.
Nairn Syndrome, The (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Stone Age Venture (Hale, 1977.)
Not seen.
Time Search (Hale, 1976.)
Not seen.
Twist in Time, A (Hale, 1978.)
Not seen.
REEVES-STEVENS, GARFIELD (See also collaborations with Judith Reeves-Stevens.)
Dark Matter (Doubleday, 1990, Bantam, 1991, Pan, 1992.)
A brilliant but insane physicist gains his inspiration by brutally killing a series of people. A detective struggles to uncover his secret, never expecting to be faced with the possible destruction of the entire human race.
REEVES-STEVENS, JUDITH & REEVES-STEVENS, GARFIELD (See also selected titles by "William Shatner" and in collaboration with William Shatner.)
Day of Descent, The (Pocket, 1993.)
An Alien Nation novel.
A retrospective adventure that details the original arrival of the alien refugees on Earth and their integration into human society.
Fall of Terek Nor, The (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
A religious group on Bajor is concealing information about a cataclysmic event which could affect all life in the universe, and Sisko must investigate the final days of the Cardassian occupation to discover the truth.
Icefire (Pocket, 1998.)
Terrorists explode nuclear devices in Antarctica to create a tidal wave that could devastate most of the Pacific Basin. Survivors attempt to get the message to skeptical authorities in time to avert a worldwide catastrophe.
Inferno (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
Two starships, one from the Federation and one Klingon ship, are the only ones still functioning after an apocalyptic event stops the flow of time for everyone else.
Memory Prime (Pocket, 1988, Titan, 1988.)
A Star Trek novel.
The title refers to a planet where artificial intelligences labor to collate the information coming in from all over the galaxy. When a prominent scientist is murdered there and one of Kirk's crew is accused of the murder, he investigates and uncovers a secret that threatens to rock the Federation.
Millennium (Pocket, 2000.)
Omnibus of The Fall of Terok Nor, The War of the Prophets, and Inferno.
Prime Directive (Pocket, 1991, Simon & Schuster, 1991.)
A Star Trek novel.
The Enterprise has been destroyed and its crew scattered, but some of them get together to investigate the reason why an entire planet was turned into a radioactive wasteland and to redeem Kirk's reputation.
Quick Silver (Pocket, 1999.)
Marginal thriller about terrorists who seize control of a revolutionary new military satellite and threaten to use it against targets on Earth.
Wrath of the Prophets, The (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
The close proximity of two wormholes presages an event which, according to Bajorian priests, will elevate all living beings to a new order of existence, or which, according to Starfleet, will destroy every living being.
Great Mambo Chicken & the Transhuman Condition (Addison Wesley, 1990.)
Kitchen sink satire of SF with scientists working on time travel, robots, nanotechnology, and other wonders.
REICHERT, MICKEY ZUCKER
Time To Die, A (Five Star, 2004.)
In a morally repressed future America, a murder mystery sets off a chain reaction against a backdrop of a society that is determined to prevent people from dying even when they are terminal.
Unknown Soldier, The (DAW, 1994.)
An amnesiac shows up at a hospital in the Midwest. As he begins to recover his memories, the doctor treating him realizes that he is a soldier from a violent future world. His escape into the past was not perfect, however, because some of his enemies have followed him into their past.
Gridrunner (Wizards of the Coast, 2000.)
A Star Drive novel.
A woman hired to make a sensitive delivery using virtual reality on a distant world is forced to underground when the deal goes sour and she finds herself pursued by relentless enemies.
REIDA, ALVAH
Fault Lines (World, 1972, Berkley, 1973.)
A massive earthquake destroyed much of the West Coast and a new ice age threatens to settle over North America. Was it a natural disaster, or was it precipitated by agents of a foreign power?
REIFFEL, LEONARD
Contaminant, The (Harper & Row, 1978, Dell, 1980.)
A government germ warfare project gets out of control and in the aftermath, the Russians mobilize for a possible nuclear war.
REILLY, MATTHEW J.
Ice Station (Pan, 1999, St Martins, 1999.)
Illogical kitchen sink novel about the apparent discovery of a buried spaceship in Antarctica. Primarily an excuse for endless gun fights, not to mention mutated elephant seals that attack people, a pack of killer whales, and a conspiracy within the US government.
Temple (St Martins, 2001.)
Nazi terrorists and the American military battle in Peru for control of an element from outer space that can destroy the world in this violent, scientifically and politically illiterate adventure thriller.
Few Were Left (Day, 1955, Methuen, 1955, World, 1957.)
A group of people are trapped in the New York subway system by a nuclear war.
Hormone Holocaust, The (Exposition, 1974.)
Not seen.
REINSMITH, RICHARD (See also Damon Castle.)
Savage Stars, The (Tower, 1981, Stoneshire, 1981.)
During an interstellar war, a military ship crashes on a savage planet and evolves a new culture during the course of several generations.
Tarzan and the Tower of Diamonds (TSR, 1985.)
A multi-path gamebook.
Before the Beginning (Titbits, 1954.)
A man investigating interplanetary tensions finds himself in hot water.
REISIG, MICHAEL
Hawks of Kamalon, The (Write Way, 1999.)
World War II soldiers are transported to a far world where they are supposed to help the good side defeat the bad, but the villains also have unusual resources, and they recruit some Nazis.
Z Radiant, The (Five Star, 2004.)
Several characters work out their personal destiny on a planet that is only linked to the rest of humanity for brief periods.
REIT, SEYMOUR V.
Scotland Yard Detective (Bantam, 1987.)
Time Machine #17.
A multi-path gamebook.
Voyage with Columbus (Bantam Skylark, 1986.)
A multi-path gamebook.
If Tomorrow Comes (Walden, 1934.)
Not seen.
Eighteen Visits to Mars (Vantage, 1957.)
Not seen.
REMENHAM, J. (Pseudonym of John Vlasto.)
Peacemaker, The (MacDonald, 1947.)
A future world union.
Biohell (Solaris, 2008.)
Combat K #1.
Nanotechnology turns large numbers of people into zombies.
Hardcore (Solaris, 2009.)
Combat K #2.
A military unit is faced with a rebellion.
Quake (Orbit, 2004.)
Spiral #2.
More military adventures following a nuclear war.
Spiral (Orbit, 2003.)
Spiral #1.
In the near future, a secretive group of high tech operatives work to foil terrorists who are armed with portable nuclear weapons.
Warhead (Orbit, 2005.)
Spiral #3.
Conflict after armageddon.
War Machine (Solaris, 2007.)
A murder mystery mixed with military SF in an interstellar civilization.
RENARD, JOSEPH
Monodyne Catastrophe, The (Major, 1977.)
An object from outer space turns up in the Southwest, and its presence unsettles everything and everybody.
RENARD, MAURICE (See also collaboration which follows.)
New Bodies for Old (Macaulay, 1923.)
A scientist experiments with transforming parts from one lifeform to others.
Blind Circle (Dutton, 1928, translated from the French by Florence Crewe-Jones. French edition in 1925.)
An interesting murder mystery involving the creation of artificial humans.
Crucible, The (Black Flame, 2004.)
A soldier in the future tracks down the officer who double crossed them.
Dredd vs Death (Black Library, 2003.)
A Judge Dredd novel.
In a future Earth, a new plague causes people to have a vampire like thirst for blood and death.
Execution Hour (Black Library, ?)
A Warhammer novel.
?
Shadow Point (Black Library, 2003.)
A Warhammer novel.
Powerful forces battle for control of a cache of superweapons that could determine the outcome of a rebellion against Earth's empire.
Radium Pool, The (Fantasy Publishing, 1949.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Stellar Missiles, The (Fantasy Publishing, 1949.)
Two related short novels about the discovery of alien starships hidden on Earth, their crews in a state of suspended animation. The secret of star travel is there to be taken, if only scientists can unlock its secrets.
RESCINITI, ANGELO
Baseball from Outer Space, The (School Book Fairs, 1980.)
A kids' baseball game is altered by the presence of an alien artifact.
RESNICK, MIKE (See also collaborations which follow, plus one with Jack Chalker & George Alec Effinger. Note that most of Resnick's interplanetary adventures are loosely set in the same universe.)
Alien Heart, The (Pulphouse, 1991.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Alien Land, An (Dark Regions, 1997.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Best Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gunslinger in the Whole Damned Galaxy, The (Signet, 1983.)
Galactic Midway #4.
A contest is held to see if anyone can outshoot the sharpshooter working for an interstellar circus.
Birthright: The Book of Man (Signet, 1982.)
An episodic history of the expansion of man through the stars and the creation of a vast interstellar civilization.
Branch, The (Signet, 1984, Wildside, 2002.)
Future Earth is dominated by the entertainment industry, and that is secretly run by a reclusive man with unprecedented power. Now an insignificant newcomer has decided to challenge his authority, and to usurp his place as head of the most powerful corporation in human history.
Bully! (Pulphouse, 1990.)
Short novel about Theodore Roosevelt's adventures in Africa, where he attempts to create a new nation.
Bwana & Bully (Tor, 1991.)
Omnibus of the two short novels.
Dark Lady, The (Tor, 1987, Legend, 1988.)
An alien being is fascinated with a woman who appears in many portraits throughout the galaxy. He decides to track down the original, and his quest takes him to various planets with differing cultures.
Dragon America (Phobos, 2005.)
In an alternate revolutionary America where dragons are real, George Washington leads a revolt against English rule.
Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks (Golden Gryphon, 2009.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Eros Ascending (Signet, 1984, Phantasia, 1984.)
Velvet Comet #1.
A starship that is also a very exclusive bordello is the battlefield for an unrestrained battle among the criminals who own the parent company. A saboteur is sent to destroy the ship, but finds himself no match for the woman who manages it.
Eros at Nadir (Signet, 1986.)
Velvet Comet #4.
Efforts to create a documentary about the now defunct Velvet Comet, an orbiting pleasure ship, take an unexpected turn when the systems are turned on and the sentient computer system asserts its own individuality.
Eros at Zenith (Phantasia, 1984, Signet, 1985.)
Velvet Comet #2.
Someone commits a murder aboard a star traveling bordello. The protagonist is given the job of solving the mystery, but he finds the manager uncooperative and the sentient computer system frustrating.
Eros Descending (Signet, 1985.)
Velvet Comet #3.
A religious fanatic already predisposed against an orbiting pleasure ship launches a major crusade to "liberate" members of an alien race who have found employment aboard.
Forgotten Sea of Mars, The (Cazedessus, 1965.)
Long story published as a chapbook, set in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars series.
Galactic Comedy, The (Farthest Star, 2003.)
Omnibus of Paradise, Purgatory, and Inferno.
Gathering of Widowmakers, A (Meisha Merlin, 2005.)
Widowmaker #4.
Two of the clones of the widowmaker find themselves at odds.
Goddess of Ganymede, The (Donald Grant, 1967, Paperback Library, 1968.)
Ganymede #1.
Burroughs style adventure with a man battling monsters and men to prevent a beautiful woman from being forcibly married to a god on the moon Ganymede.
Hunger in the Soul, A (Tor, 1998.)
A scientist disappears into a remote jungle world taking with him the secret of a cure for a plague that is threatening to sweep through the human race. A disparate party of adventurers sets out to track him down, having various adventures, and discovering a surprising truth about his disappearance.
Hunting the Snark and Other Short Novels (Five Star, 2002.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Inferno (Tor, 1993.)
Humans uplift the natives of a primitive world from barbarism to a highly technological society in less than a generation. Unfortunately, their culture has not evolved as quickly, and now a brutal dictator seizes power with the ability to utterly destroy the opposition.
In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh (Farthest Star, 2000.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Ivory (Tor, 1988, Legend, 1989, Pyr, 2007.)
A man from Earth travels to the stars searching for a legendary set of ivory tusks that have great religious and historical significance. He hires a detective to help him track them down, and the trail leads across a variety of planets.
Kirinyaga (Pulphouse, 1992.)
Pamphlet edition of the 1988 short story about a planet colonized by Kenyans.
Kirinyaga (Del Rey, 1998.)
Collection of related stories about an attempt to recreate traditional Kenyan culture on a distant planet.
Lady with an Alien (Watson-Guptill, 2005.)
A time traveler visits Leonardo Da Vinci and influences one of his paintings.
Miracle of Rare Design, A (Tor, 1994.)
A man is physically transformed into an alien for a mission and decides he prefers it that way.
New Dreams for Old (Pyr, 2006.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Oracle (Ace, 1992, BenBella, 2006.)
Penelope Bailey #2.
Bounty hunters travel to the planet where Bailey has taken refuge, determined to capture or destroy her despite her psychic ability to foretell and even shape the future.
Outpost, The (Tor, 2001.)
A group of bigger than life figures gather on a frontier planet to swap tall stories, socialize a little, and ultimately foil an alien invasion.
Paradise (Tor, 1989, Legend, 1991.)
An investigator comes to a beautiful world recently colonized by humans. He discovers that the local aliens are not as happy about being absorbed into the empire as was claimed, and that some of them are determined to reclaim authority over their homeland.
Pink Elephants and Hairy Toads (Wildside, 1991.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Prophet (Ace, 1993, Benbella, 2007.)
Penelope Bailey #3.
A hired assassin tracks Bailey down for the third time, determined to kill her and end the risk to the human race. But even he doesn't anticipate how completely she is in control of events.
Purgatory (Tor, 1993, Easton, 1993.)
A shrewd alien manages to free his primitive people from domination by the human empire through exploitation of their offworld enemies and internal discords.
Pursuit on Ganymede (Paperback Library, 1968.)
Ganymede #2.
More adventures in the wilderness of Ganymede, fighting an evil man with hypnotic powers as well as a variety of alien monsters.
Redbeard (Lancer, 1969.)
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, mutants and humans share the world, and a barbarian civilization is about to be reshaped by a single warrior.
Return of Santiago, The (Tor, 2003.)
Santiago #2.
A man searching the stars for stories of a legendary outlaw discovers that the man is not dead after all.
Santiago (Tor, 1986, Arrow, 1986.)
Santiago #1.
A bounty hunter, a reporter, and others all search the stars for the mysterious Santiago, the most famous and elusive criminal the galaxy has ever known. But they will find a greater surprise than they expected.
Second Contact (Tor, 1990, Legend, 1991, Easton, ?)
An officer and lawyer is called upon to defend a space captain who murdered two of his crewmen. The defendant insists that they were actually alien spies. In the course of his investigation, the lawyer discovers that the man is telling the truth, and that his own life is now in danger.
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge (Pulphouse, 1994.)
Novelette published as a book involving the discovery of the truth about human nature.
Sideshow (Signet, 1982.)
Galactic Midway #1.
The hero discovers that the "freaks" in a traveling carnival are actual alien beings, part of a circus that goes from star to star but whose existence is being concealed while they are on Earth.
Solo Flights Through Shared Worlds (Dark Regions, 1996.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Soothsayer (Ace, 1991, Legend, 1991, Benbella, 2005.)
Penelope Bailey #1.
Although the galaxy is a wide open place filled with dangerous people, the most feared of them all is a young girl who has the power to foresee every possible future and to choose from among the various paths that will shape it.
Soul Eater, The (Signet, 1981.)
A man who considers himself the greatest hunter in the galaxy reluctantly accepts the challenge to track down and kill the Soul Eater, a legendary being who has evaded all pursuers in the past.
Stalking the Wild Resnick (NESFA, 1991.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Starship: Flagship (Pyr, 2009.)
Wilson Cole #5.
A small rebel force outwits a massive space navy.
Starship: Mercenary (Pyr, 2007.)
Wilson Cole #3.
Episodic adventures of a rogue starship crew.
Starship: Mutiny (Pyr, 2006.)
Wilson Cole #1.
A military ship and its crew choose desertion when they realize the military they serve is corrupt.
Starship: Pirate (Pyr, 2006.)
Wilson Cole #2.
An ex-military ship and its crew pursue a new career as pirates who prey on other pirates.
Starship Rebel (Pyr, 2008.)
Wilson Cole #4.
A mutinous captain forges an alliance against a repressive government.
Tales of the Galactic Midway (Farthest Star, 2001.)
Omnibus of all four of the Galactic Midway novels.
Tales of the Velvet Comet (Farthest Star, 2001.)
Omnibus of all four Velvet Comet novels.
Three-Legged Hootch Dancer, The (Signet, 1983.)
Galactic Midway #2.
A bunch of human entrepreneurs try to take traditional circus acts to the stars, but their activities are misinterpreted everywhere they go.
Through Darkest Resnick with Gun and Camera (Washington Science Fiction Association, 1990.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Unauthorized Autobiographies and Other Curiosities (Misfit, 1984.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Walpurgis III (Signet, 1982.)
An assassin is sent to a remote world to track down a man whose brilliant, charismatic leadership could lead to an interstellar war that would destroy all of interstellar civilization.
Widowmaker, The (Bantam, 1996.)
Widowmaker #1.
A legendary bounty hunter with a terminal illness allows himself to be cloned so that a younger version of himself can earn the money to keep him in suspended animation pending a cure. The newcomer lacks the experience of the original, however, and runs into big trouble.
Widowmaker Reborn, The (Bantam, 1997.)
Widowmaker #2.
The second clone of a skillful bounty hunter is better trained than his predecessor, but he has no intention of allowing himself to be destroyed after accomplishing a mission designed to further finance the maintenance of his original's life support.
Widowmaker Unleashed, The (Bantam, 1998.)
Widowmaker #3.
A bounty hunter is cured of his illness and released from suspended animation, but his efforts to settle down in retirement are hampered by all of the gunslingers in the galaxy who want to establish a reputation by killing him.
Wild Alien Tamer, The (Signet, 1983.)
Galactic Midway #3.
A human animal trainer loses all of his animals while traveling among the stars and tries to put together a new show by picking up alien beasts.
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut off the Sun? (Tor, 1992, Orb, 1994.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
With a Little Help from My Friends (Farthest Star, 2002.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Magic Feathers (Obscura, 2000.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
RESNICK, MIKE & LARSON, GLEN A.
Galactica Discovers Earth (Berkley, 1980, from the scripts by Glen A. Larson.)
Battlestar Galactica #5.
The Galactica has reached Earth, but civilization there has become a primitive one, currently under the sway of a would be dictator who has more in common with the Cylons than with his own people.
REWOLINSKI, LEAH
Star Wreck: Attack of the Jargonites (St Martins, 1991.)
Star Wreck #2.
A spoof of the television series.
Star Wreck: Geek Space Nine (St Martins, 1994.)
Star Wreck #6.
A spoof of the television series.
Star Wreck: The Generation Gap (Excellent World, 1989, St Martins, 1990.)
Star Wreck #1.
A spoof of the Star Trek television series.
Star Wreck: Live Long and Profit (St Martins, 1993.)
Star Wreck #4.
A spoof of the television series.
Star Wreck: Time Warped (St Martin, 1992.)
Star Wreck #3
A spoof of the television series.
Star Wreck: The Undiscovered Nursing Home (St Martins, ?)
Star Wreck #5.
A spoof of the television series.
REY, RAINER
Replicator Run (Gold Medal, 1997.)
A newspaper reporter uncovers a secret plot within the government to use tailored viruses against our own citizens.
REY, RUSSELL (Pseudonym of Dennis Talbot Hughes, whom see.)
Queen People, The (Curtis, 1952.)
Ambiguous novel about a world with a strange culture.
Valley of Terror (Curtis, 1953.)
Every ship to dock with a space station has disappeared, and a new expedition is sent to find out why.
Absolution Gap (Gollancz, 2003, Ace, 2004.)
Revelation #3.
As the ancient killing machines threaten to destroy the human race, a host of new religions spring up near a planet that periodically disappears.
Century Rain (Gollancz, 2004, Ace, 2005.)
Related to the Revelation series.
After Earth is ruined by nanotechnology gone wild, an artificial world is found that duplicates the world just prior to World War II.
Chasm City (Gollancz, 2000, Ace, 2001.)
Related to the Revelation series.
Set in the same universe as Revelation Space, but with different characters. A professional security consultant who failed his employer travels across space to hunt down the man responsible. During the chase, he has flashbacks to the life of the mentally twisted man who led the settlement of his homeworld, and then discovers that his memories are not his own.
Deep Navigation (NESFA, 2010.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Diamond Dogs (PS, 2002.)
A group of visitors try to solve the mystery of an alien artifact.
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Gollancz, 2003, Ace, 2004.)
Omnibus of the two short novels.
Galactic North (Gollancz, 2006, Ace, 2007.)
Revelation #5.
Collection of loosely related stories.
House of Suns (Gollancz, 2008, Ace, 2009.)
In the very distant future, someone tries to wipe out a strain of star traveling clones.
Prefect, The (Gollancz, 2007, Ace, 2008.)
Revelation #6.
A police officer on a Utopian world discovers a plot to overthrow the government.
Pushing Ice (Gollancz, 2005, Ace, 2006.)
An expedition is diverted to investigate an artificial object leaving the solar system and is caught in its orbit and unable to escape.
Redemption Ark (Gollancz, 2002.)
Revelation #2.
Various human factions battle for control of a collection of super weapons when faced with the arrival of life devouring machines left over by a previous civilization.
Revelation Space (Gollancz, 2000, Ace, 2001, Millennium, 2001.)
Revelation #1.
Scientists on a remote planet are seeking to discover what caused the extinction of an intelligent species, but their efforts are hindered by a civil war within the colony. Elsewhere, a ship crewed by humans so augmented and altered that they are essentially another species seeks a cure for their captain, who has been attacked by a parasitic disease.
Turquoise Days (Golden Gryphon, 2002.)
Revelation #4.
Short novel about a space colony facing a threat when a visiting starship endangers a mysterious form of intelligence found on their world.
Zima Blue and Other Stories (Night Shade, 2007.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
REYNOLDS, ALFRED
Kiteman (Berkley, 1986. Knopf, 1985, as Kiteman of Karanga.)
Banished from his own tribe, a man sets off to fly across the desert on a giant kite, and on the far side discovers strange new lands and peoples.
Kiteman of Karanga. (See Kiteman.)
REYNOLDS, ANTHONY
Dark Apostle (Black Library, 2007.)
A Warhammer novel.
A military unit begins building an enigmatic device on an occupied world.
Dark Creed (Black Library, 2009.)
A Warhammer novel.
A split within a unit of space marines turns violent.
Dark Disciple (Black Library, 2008.)
A Warhammer novel.
A self aggrandizing military officer is caught between his superiors and an alien force.
REYNOLDS, MACK (See also collaborations which follow. Note that many of this author's near future Utopian speculations are loosely set in the same universe.)
Ability Quotient (Ace, 1975.)
An ex-soldier agrees to participate in an experiment designed to increase his intelligence, but finds himself in hot water. Not only is the intention of the project to replace the human race, but someone is willing to kill to keep him from exposing what is really happening.
After Some Tomorrow (Belmont, 1967.)
Two people with the ability to occasionally predict the course of the future are enlisted by the government in a secret mission. Unfortunately, their powers do not enable them to eavesdrop on their own personal futures to see what comes of their involvement.
After Utopia (Ace, 1977.)
Humanity has achieved a Utopian future but it is predictably boring. More and more individuals choose to immerse themselves in virtual reality dreams and escape the humdrum. A handful of rebels realize that the race is headed for extinction unless it finds a fresh challenge.
Amazon Planet (Ace, 1975.)
A United Planets novel.
An agent is sent to a planet dominated by women, where he is contacted by representatives of a male oriented revolutionary group. There is something fishy about the rebels though, and the outsider is about to find himself in very hot water.
Best of Mack Reynolds, The (Pocket, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Best Ye Breed, The (Ace, 1978.)
Africa #3.
An American black man has become the ruler of most of North Africa in his bid to bring that part of the continent into modern times and create a new world power.
Blackman's Burden (Ace, 1972, bound with Border, Breed Nor Birth by the same author. Magazine version, 1961.)
Africa #1.
African nations seek their destiny in the next century.
Border, Breed Nor Birth (Ace, 1972, bound with Blackman's Burden by the same author. Magazine version, 1962.)
Africa #2.
Conflict and confusion in future Africa.
Brain World (Leisure, 1978.)
A United Planets novel.
An agent is sent to a supposed paradise world to approve their admission to the United Planets, but he finds himself in danger when he uncovers a dark secret concealed from offworlders.
Chaos in Lagrangia (Tor, 1984.)
Rex Bader #4.
Identifying the people plotting to murder the director of L5 was only part of the problem. It turns out that a lot of different groups have a vested interest in his death, and every one of them is a powerful entity in its own right. A private detective seems hardly a match for the forces they can muster.
Code Duello (Ace, 1973, bound with Computer War by the same author. Ace, alone, 1970.)
A United Planets novel.
The United Planets gathers together an unlikely group of secret agents for a special mission, and they succeed in fact because of their unlikeliness.
Commune 2000 A.D. (Bantam, 1974.)
Humanity has achieved a Utopian society, but increasingly people are fleeing the giant cities to live in the less ordered communes. The hero is assigned the job of investigating the trend in order to address whatever is causing the discontent, but instead he becomes infected by it.
Compounded Interest (NESFA, 1983.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Computer War (Ace, 1973, bound with Code Duello by the same author. Magazine version 1967.)
One side in an interstellar war becomes so dependent upon their computers that they don't realize they are being defeated by the illogical spontaneity of their enemies.
Computer World (Curtis, 1970.)
Intrigue in a future world where everything is computerized, crime is supposedly a vanishing idiosyncrasy, but someone is plotting to sabotage the universal data system and throw civilization into chaos.
Cosmic Eye, The (Belmont, 1969, Belmont Tower, 1975.)
A member of the ruling class of a totalitarian world state of the future decides that it is more important to restore freedom than to continue his privileged status. His fellow aristocrats don't take kindly to the idea.
Dawnman Planet (Ace, 1966, bound with Inherit the Earth by Claude Nunes. Magazine title was Beehive.)
A United Planets novel
An agent of an interstellar intelligence organization is sent to a supposedly primitive colony world to find out how they managed to create an entirely new technology. And while he's there, he has to stop an ambitious man from using that technology to alter the balance of power in the universe.
Day After Tomorrow (Ace, 1976. Shorter magazine version under the title Status Quo.)
A corrupt government controlled by the larger corporations rules the world. A handful of scientists and free thinkers conspire to overthrow their power, but the authorities resort to criminal and even violent acts to protect the status quo.
Depression or Bust and Dawnman Planet (Ace, 1974.)
Omnibus of the two novels. The first is cobbled together from several stories about economic crises in the near future. The other was previously published separately.
Earth Unaware. (See Of Godlike Power.)
Earth War, The (Pyramid, 1963, New English Library, 1965. Magazine title The Frigid Fracas.)
Joe Mauser #2.
A kind of peace is achieved on the world by limiting weaponry to those invented before the 20th Century. Now conflicts are very local or between corporations, and a new breed of mercenary rises to fill the necessary roles in this new method of warfare.
Equality: In the Year 2000 (Ace, 1977.)
Utopia #2.
A man from our time has great difficulty adapting to the future Utopian culture in which he awakens, and which he finds far less interesting than his own time.
Five Way Secret Agent and Mercenary from Tomorrow, The (Ace, 1969.)
Rex Bader #1.
The first novel is political intrigue in the near future. The second has been published separately.
Fracas Factor, The (Leisure, 1978.)
Joe Mauser #3.
Mauser has left the mercenaries and is supposedly no longer involved with the internecine conflicts, but someone is trying to kill him anyway. What does he know that he doesn't realize he knows?
Galactic Medal of Honor (Ace, 1976. Shorter magazine version as Medal of Honor.)
During a war with alien invaders, humanity creates the title award, which gives the recipient virtually anything he wants. A group of criminals conspire with the protagonist to fake the accomplishments that earn one, in return for his assistance with their own endeavors once he has received it. But the award causes him to change his opinion of himself.
Lagrange Five (Bantam, 1979.)
Rex Bader #2.
An orbiting colony is designed to look like Earth, but its inhabitants are increasingly subject to a new psychological disorder. They suffer from a bizarre claustrophobia that causes them to commit sporadic violent acts of destruction.
Lagrangists, The (Tor, 1983.)
Rex Bader #3.
Someone is trying to murder the director of the L5 colony in the moon's orbit. A private detective tries to identify them before they achieve their objective, and finds himself being added to their hit list.
Looking Backward, From the Year 2000 (Ace, 1973, Elmfield, 1976.)
Utopia #1.
A man is in suspended animation for decades and wakens in a Utopian future. This novel and its sequel draw heavily on the Utopian novels of Edward Bellamy.
Mercenary from Tomorrow (Ace, 1968, bound with The Key to Venudine by Kenneth Bulmer.)
Joe Mauser #1.
A mercenary struggles to survive in a future world where corporations wage warfare using weapons from the 19th Century.
Of Godlike Power (Belmont, 1966. (Belmont, 1968, as Earth Unaware.)
A religious fanatic shocks the world when it appears that simply by stating that something is a fact, he can make it so. And conversely, by saying that something no longer exists, it ceases to be.
Once Departed (Curtis, 1970.)
A veritable crowd of secret agents cluster around a controversial scientist, and one of them is framed for a series of murders designed to cover up a sinister plot.
Perchance to Dream (Ace, 1977.)
The dream machines are computerized virtual reality environments in which one can literally live the life of any historical figure. Unfortunately, the device is addictive and humanity may have doomed itself by allowing people access to such a perfect escape.
Planetary Agent X (Ace, 1965, bound with Behold the Man by Kenneth Bulmer.)
A United Planets novel.
Actually two long stories cobbled together about an interstellar intelligence corps and its operations.
Police Patrol 2000 A.D. (Ace, 1977.)
Episodic novel originally several short stories about the lives of police officers in the near future.
Rival Rigellians, The (Ace, 1967, bound with Nebula Alert by A. Bertram Chandler. Shorter magazine version was titled Adaptation.)
A team is sent to help a lost colony world reacquire a high civilization, but although the local inhabitants appear to be primitive, they are concealing some secrets about their society that pose a threat to even the more sophisticated outsiders.
Rival Rigellians and Planetary Agent X, The (Ace, 1967.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Rolltown (Ace, 1976. Magazine title was The Towns Must Roll.)
Adventure in a future where entire towns have become mobile and move around the countryside, a satire on contemporary trends.
Satellite City (Ace, 1975.)
The title refers to a space station that is actually a luxury resort, catering to the rich and owned by a mysterious organization about which little is known. Then one curious man decides to investigate, and discovers the strange secret hidden behind the facade.
Section G: United Planets (Ace, 1976.)
A United Planets novel.
Actually two long stories cobbled together about an interstellar intelligence organization and its operations.
Space Barbarians, The (Ace, 1969, bound with The Eyes of Bolsk by Robert Lory.)
A barbarian civilization tries to decide whether or not to barter with visitors from another star system, and the upset their presence brings to their culture.
Space Pioneer (Four Square, 1966.)
Not seen.
Space Search (Dell, 1984.)
A young boy refuses to accept that his father is actually dead, so he escapes from the authority of his uncle, makes friends with a mercenary, and sets out on an interplanetary voyage of discovery to locate his missing relative.
Space Visitor (Ace, 1977.)
A scientist discovers an alien spaceship abandoned on the moon and disappears. The nations of Earth, supposedly committed to peace, suddenly become deadly rivals in the race to secure the alien technology before any of their rivals.
Time Gladiator (New English Library, 1966, Lancer, 1969, Priory, ?. Magazine version, 1964, as Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes.)
Joe Mauser #4.
Gladiatorial games are back in style as a three way cold war locks the world in step. But then a scholar discovers that someone is working behind the scenes to turn up the heat, with potentially devastating consequences for the world.
Tomorrow Might Be Different (Ace, 1975, Sphere, 1976. Shorter magazine version as Russkies Go Home.)
The Soviet Union switches to a market economy and begins producing merchandise so quickly that the economy of the US begins to falter. Is there any way to restore balance or is the US doomed to succumb to its own weapon?
Towers of Utopia, The (Bantam, 1975.)
In a regulated Utopian future, it is almost impossible to escape the system. Nevertheless, someone has managed to become an unapprehended criminal, a novelty which is in some ways a blessing to the bored residents.
Trample an Empire Down (Leisure, 1978.)
Another novel of a human Utopia that becomes so boring that discontented individuals overthrow the government in a last ditch effort to find something interesting to occupy their time.
REYNOLDS, MACK & BANKS, MICHAEL
Joe Mauser: Mercenary from Tomorrow (Baen, 1986.)
This is an expanded new version of the shorter novel of the same name along with The Earth War.
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes (Baen, 1986.)
This is an expanded version of the novel which appeared as Time Gladiator by Reynolds alone.
REYNOLDS, MACK & ING, DEAN
Deathwish World (Baen, 1986.)
In the future, you can earn a lot of money by offering yourself as the prey for professional hunters in the entertainment industry. One particularly successful man finally attracts unwanted attention, because someone resents the fact that he is never caught.
Eternity (Baen, 1984.)
The protagonist is surprised to find so many familiar faces in a small Mexican village, particularly since the faces are unusually youthful. Then the killing starts as the battle is joined for a process that promises near immortality to those who own it.
Home Sweet Home 2010 A.D. (Dell, 1984.)
The government tries to move the Apaches off their land because of the discovery of Uranium, leading to a new war with the Indians. But this time the latter have teamed up with lawyers and publicists.
Other Time, The (Baen, 1984.)
A man inadvertently travels back through time and nearly causes Cortez to conquer North America. To correct his mistake, he joins the Indians and helps them to defeat the Spanish invaders.
Trojan Orbit (Baen, 1985.)
An agent is sent to a space station to find out if the Soviets are responsible for its problems. He discovers that they do indeed have agents aboard, but so does an alien race. And neither of the interlopers wants him to reveal the truth.
REYNOLDS, P.
It Happened Like This (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952, translated from the French by J.F. McCrindle. Sloan, 1952, as When and If.
The story of a nuclear war.
When and If. (See It Happened Like This.)
Earth Times Two (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1970.)
Young reader's adventure story in which a boy discovers that doppelgangers have infiltrated Earth and that the people they replace travel to their planet.
REYNOLDS, TED
Tides of God, The (Ace, 1989.)
An alien force that claims to be God is returning to devastate the Earth a thousand years from now, but the human race has developed the technology that will allow them to resist the attack, and perhaps to destroy God himself.
RHEINGOLD, HOWARD
Savage Report: 1994, The (Freeway, 1974.)
Savage #1.
A team of reporters sets out to uncover a plot to use nuclear weapons to alter the balance of power in the world, and in the process, they destroy the conspiracy.
War of the Gurus (Freeway, 1974.)
Savage #2.
An evil genius plots world domination, and a variety of crackpot religions get caught up in an international conspiracy.
RHINEHART, LUKE (Pseudonym of George Powers Cockroft.)
Adventures of Wim, The (Grafton, 1986.)
Not seen.
Long Voyage Back (Delacorte, 1983, Dell, 1984.)
A group of people survive a nuclear war by remaining at sea aboard a small pleasure craft, having various adventures as they seek to find a safe harbor.
RHODE, JOHN
Dead of the Night (Dodd, Mead, 1942, Popular Library, ?)
Not really SF, but on the very last page of this murder mystery, the German army begins an invasion of England.
Last Reich, The (Rutledge, 2001.)
Germany won the second world war and dominates North America, but a band of rebels plans to restore democracy.
RHODES, W.H.
Caxton's Book (Bancroft, 1876, Hyperion, 1974.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Eternity Merchants, The (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
Five Doors, The (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
Year of the Rats, The (Walker, 1973.)
The Earth has become vastly overpopulated. What remains of technological civilization is confined to a single city in the middle of North America, wherein scientists are seeking a way to exterminate the vast majority of the population which lives outside their borders.
Voyage to Purilia, A (Cosmopolitan, 1930, Gollancz, 1930, Penguin, 1954.)
Not seen. Travel to a Utopian planet.
RICE, HARRY E.
Eve and the Evangelist (Roxburgh, 1908.)
Not seen. Set in the 22nd Century.
RICE, PETER L.
Damned If We Do (FASA, 1990.)
A Renegade Legion novel.
Based on a wargame, this is the story of a band of mercenaries trying to wrest control of a planet from the grip of a repressive Terran empire.
Far Country (Roc, 1993.)
A Battletech novel.
Two rival mercenary bands are stranded on a lost colony world and get involved in a battle to determine the future of humanity on that world.
Monsoon (FASA, 1992.)
Military adventure in which a small band of heroes frees a world from outside domination.
Agent of Judgment (Forge, 2000.)
A man hiding from the law tries to rescue his son from a religious cult which appears to be behind a series of worldwide disasters designed to mimic, or cause, the end of the world. Marginal.
RICH, FRANK
Avenging Angel (Gold Eagle, 1993.)
Jake Strait #1.
A private detective in a future where cities and countryside are armed camps finds himself caught up in a political controversy when a revolutionary group tries to hire his services.
Day of Judgment (Gold Eagle, 1994.)
Jake Strait #3.
Strait becomes involved with a religious cult which appears to have good intentions. But as he trains the adherents to defend themselves, he begins to suspect that their leader has a more sinister purpose.
Devil Knocks, The (Gold Eagle, 1993.)
Jake Strait #2.
A special agent travels across a polluted America to Denver, where he is employed to remove an autocratic dictator from power.
Twist of Cain (Gold Eagle, 1994.)
Jake Strait #4.
This time Strait is hired to track down and eliminate a serial killer who has been preying on rich and poor alike. He does so against the backdrop of a city sharply divided between those who have money and those who have not.
RICH, MARK
Across the Sky (Fairwood, 2009.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
RICHARD, EVAN
Solid Gold Kidnapping (Warner, 1975.)
A Six Million Dollar Man novel.
The bionic man must neutralize a criminal organization that has carefully laid a trap to entice him within their power.
Galactic Girl (Star, 1980.)
Not seen. For young adults.
RICHARDS, GUY.
Brother Bear (Joseph, 1957. Duell Sloan Pearce, 1956, as Two Roubles in Times Square.)
The Russians invade New York City. You’d think they’d have better sense.
Two Roubles in Times Square. (See Brother Bear.)
RICHARDS, HENRY
Hour of the Phoenix, The (Arcadia, 1965.)
A rogue planet is about to destroy the Earth, so the authorities carefully select a handful of people to survive and preserve the race.
RICHARDS, JOEL (Pseudonym of Joel Fruchtman.)
Pindharee (Tor, 1986.)
An agent of the Terran government discovers that the supposedly extinct aliens of a distant world are actually still around, have harnessed a very powerful new technology, and are willing to share it with Earth under certain circumstances. To gain their cooperation, he must disobey his orders and risk being branded a traitor.
RICHARDS, JUSTIN (See also collaboration with Andy Lane and those which follow. Also writes Fantasy.)
Burning, The (BBC, 2000.)
A Doctor Who novel.
Efforts to re-open an old mine result in the inexplicable deaths of a number of local villagers, a mystery that remains unsolved until the Doctor arrives.
Deviant Strain
Dragons’ Wrath (Virgin, 1997.)
The New Adventures #2.
A scientist investigates a murder and the apparent theft of a precious artifact, while trying to avoid becoming involved with an ambitious interplanetary warlord.
Demontage (BBC, 1999.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor must solve a murder and other problems on a planet that is a neutral meeting place between two warring alien races.
Dreams of Empire (BBC, 1998.)
A Doctor Who novel.
A Man in the Iron Mask style adventure with the Doctor in a mysterious castle on a far world where a variety of inexplicable events seem aimed at destroying the planet’s government.
Martha in the Mirror (BBC, 2008.)
A Doctor Who novel.
?
Medusa Effect, The (Virgin, 1998.)
The New Adventures #12.
A woman is sent to help investigate an experimental starship which has returned to Earth, apparently haunted by the ghosts of its former crew.
Millennium (BBC, 1999.)
A Doctor Who novel.
Not seen.
Millennium Shock (BBC, 1999.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor is on Earth investigating the conniving of a company that claims to have the technology to solve Y2K related problems, but which is actually the front organization for an alien plot to take over the Earth.
Option Loch (BBC, 1998.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor visits the present day and investigates a seven hundred year old cult involved in an international conspiracy.
Resurrection Casket, The (BBC, ?)
A Doctor Who novel.
Sands of Time, The (Doctor Who Books, 1996.)
A Doctor Who Missing Adventure.
The fifth Doctor has renewed problems with Sutekh, an immortal alien being he thought destroyed during his previous regeneration. And Sutekh's minions have kidnapped his companion.
Sometime Never… (BBC, 2004.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Council has been watching over the progress of time since forever, but they know that they will be betrayed and that the Doctor will fail. Or will he?
System Shock (Doctor Who Books, 1995.)
A Doctor Who Missing Adventure.
On a near future Earth, the Doctor becomes involved with a plot by aliens to use computer networking to undermine human society and take over the world.
Tears of the Oracle (Virgin, 1999.)
A New Adventure
A scientists contends with ancient alien artifacts and religious fanatics who have swept into power on her home world.
Theatre of War (Doctor Who Books, 1994.)
A Doctor Who New Adventure.
An expedition is launched to find out why a previous visit to the planet Menoxus ended disastrously. In the ruins of a great theater, another series of deaths begins, and the Doctor arrives to discover that reality and drama aren't as distinctly separate here as they are elsewhere.
Time Zero (BBC, 2002.)
A Doctor Who novel.
Mysterious prehistoric creatures appear at a haunted castle.
RICHARDS, JUSTIN & COLE, STEPHEN
Shadow in the Glass, The (BBC, 2001.)
A Doctor Who novel.
Why is a remote British village under military cordon since World War II?
RICHARDS, LEIGH (Pseudonym of Laurie R. King.)
Califia's Daughters (Bantam, 2004.)
Following a nuclear war, men are in short supply, protected by women who have gathered into sometimes feudal societies.
RICHARDS, PAUL (House pseudonym.)
Our Spacecraft Is Missing! (Award, 1970.)
A Grant Fowler novel.
Someone is destroying both US and Soviet spacecraft in an effort to provoke a nuclear war, so a secret agent is sent to discover the truth.
President Has Been Kidnapped, The (Award, 1971.)
A Grant Fowler novel.
Title says it all in this marginal thriller about Air Force One being hijacked by agents of a Latin American dictator.
RICHARDSON, DAVID J.
Star Dwarves Travesty, The (Northwest Publishing, 1994. Starsend, 1997, revised version.)
A spoof of the Star Wars movies in the style of Mad Magazine.
One Man War (Angus Robertson, 1957. Magazine title In Time of Fear.)
Alternate history wherein Japan wins the Battle of the Coral Sea and invades Australia.
RICHARDSON, NANCY
Golden Globe, The (Boulevard, 1995.)
Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights #1.
Anakin Solo is sent off to the academy where he makes a friend with whom he engages in a forbidden adventure in a nearby jungle. For younger readers.
Lyric's World (Boulevard, 1996.)
Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights #2.
Young Anakin travels to a remote moon to help an alien friend rejoin his people, but they discover clues there about an evil force that threatens the galaxy.
Promises (Boulevard, 1996.)
Star Wars: Junion Jedi Knights #3.
An eleven year old trainee knight helps a friend raised by the Sand People discover the truth about her missing family. For young readers.
RICHARDSON, R.S. (See also Philip Latham.)
Second Satellite (McGraw Hill, 1956.)
Not seen. A lecture on astronomy with trappings of fiction.
Chosen Ones, The (Pulpless, 1999.)
Teenagers on a distant planet discover artifacts in a cave which eventually reveal an entirely different history of their planet and their own lives.
RICHMOND, LEIGH (See collaborations with Walt Richmond.)
RICHMOND, MARY (Pseudonym of Kathleen Lindsey.)
Grim Tomorrow, The (Wright & Brown, 1953.)
Not seen. A nuclear war.
Valley of Doom, The (Wright & Brown, 1947.)
Not seen. A lost world novel.
Challenge the Hellmaker (Ace, 1976.)
A totalitarian world government controls most of Earth, but they are opposed by a team of scientists in an orbiting laboratory who have developed a superweapon.
Gallagher's Glacier (Ace, 1970, bound with Positive Charge by the same authors.)
Ruthless corporations dominate interstellar commerce and squeeze out all the competition. One man gathers a few friends and attempts to break their monopoly, despite covert and overt attempts to eliminate him from the equation.
Lost Millennium, The (Ace, 1967, bound with ? Ace, 1977, as Siva!.)
Novelization of the authors theories that the pyramids may have somehow been connected with a solar tap from a previous high technology civilization.
Phase Two. (See Phoenix Ship.)
Phoenix Ship (Ace, 1969, bound with ? Ace, 1979, as Phase Two.)
A new battle is imminent in the battle by the asteroid colonies to remain independent of the authority of Earth. Part of the struggle involves memory implants, supposedly short cuts to learning, but actually a clever ploy designed to reduce the effectiveness of the opposition.
Positive Charge (Ace, 1970, bound with Gallagher's Glacier by the same authors.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Probability Corner, The (Ace, 1977.)
An experiment aimed at blending the human mind with the mechanical computer succeeds, and the consequences will change the nature of human civilization forever.
Shock Wave (Ace, 1967, bound with Envoy to the Dog Star by Frederick L. Shaw Jr.)
An Earthman is mysteriously kidnapped to a far world where his only companion is an enigmatic computer. He must learn to communicate with the device in order to find out why he has been taken and in order to be returned to his home.
Siva!. (See The Lost Millennium.)
RICHTER, E.
Pictures of the Socialistic Future (Sonnenschein, 1893, translated from the German by H. Wright.)
Satire about a socialist Germany.
RICKERT, M.
Map of Dreams (Golden Gryphon, 2006.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Quickening of Caliban, The (?, 1893.)
Another version of humanity survives in Africa.
Deep Space Warriors (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
Gabion (Hale, 1979.)
Not seen.
Space Traders Unlimited (Methuen, 1987.)
Not seen.
Strange Land, The (Hale, 1980.)
Not seen.
RIDLEY, FRANK A.
Green Machine, The (Noel Douglas, 1924.)
Not seen. Travel around the solar system.
Those Who Walk in Darkness (Warner, 2003, Aspect 2005.)
Mutants #1.
In a future where superheroes have become real through mutation, a female cop tries to solve a series of crimes.
What Fire Cannot Burn (Warner, 2006.)
Mutants #2.
A serial killer is specializing in mutants.
RIENOW, LEONA (See also collaboration which follows.)
Bewitched Caverns, The (Scribners, 1948.)
Dark Pool #1.
A novel of prehistory.
Dark Pool, The (Scribners, 1949.)
Dark Pool #2.
A novel of prehistory.
RIENOW, LEONA TRAIN & RIENOW, ROBERT
Year of the Last Eagle, The (Ballantine, 1970.)
A scientist returns to Earth from a prolonged stay aboard a space station for his new assignment, helping to save the bald eagle from becoming extinct.
RIENOW, ROBERT (See collaboration with Leona Rienow.)
Witness to the Future (Fjord Press, 1987, translated from the Danish by Steve Murray.)
Two people time travel from World War II into the 1980s, and aren't happy with the way the world turned out.
War – 1974 (Military Service Publishing, 1958.)
A future war novel.
RIGSBY, PHIL
Embryo House (Tate, 2009.)
A scientist makes a discover about the origin of life. An anti-abortion novel.
RIKER, L.S.
Full Clip (St Martins, 1992.)
Swag Town #2.
A villainous travel agent is advertising hunting trips with human prey within New York City, and Swag is just the man to uncover the truth and bring the unsavory business to an end.
Kill Crazy (St Martins, 1993.)
Swag Town #3.
A new drug spreads through a near future America.
Swag Town (St Martins, 1992.)
Swag Town #1.
Swag is a freelance adventurer and entrepreneur in a future New York City that has become a decaying jungle in a future when the American economy has crashed and foreigners control most of the assets in North America.
Fourth Round, Indo-Pak War 1984, The (ABC, 1982.)
Future war novel.
RILEY, FRANK (See collaboration with Mark Clifton.)
RIMMER, A.J.
Space Whores (Castle, 1978, bound with Orgies in Space by Tom Nestle. Hustler, 1979, as Star Whores.)
Pornography set in outer space.
Star Whores. (See Space Whores.)
RIMMER, ROBERT H.
Zolotov Affair, The (Sherborne Press, 1967, Signet, 1971.)
Marginal story about two free thinkers whose strange ideas transform the world.
Against the Tide
Magic #3.
?
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Baen, 2006.)
Magic #4.
Magical creatures in outer space.
Emerald Sea (Baen, 2004.)
Magic #2.
After civilization collapses in the far future, attempts are made to form a new political union.
Eye of the Storm (Baen, 2009.)
Posleen #3.
More turnabouts in a war with aliens.
Ghost (Baen, 2005.)
Ghost #1.
Marginal thriller about a terrorist plot to destroy Paris.
Gust Front (Baen, 2001.)
God Kings #2.
Since humans have acted as mercenaries for one side in an interstellar war, the other side decides that an invasion of Earth is fair game.
Hell's Faire (Baen, 2003.)
God Kings #4.
The armies of Earth continue to battle alien invaders.
Hymn Before Battle, A (Baen, 2000.)
God Kings #1.
Aliens decide that humans make better soldiers, so they enlist the aid of humans in their battles against their rivals on several other planets.
Into the Looking Glass (Baen, 2005.)
Stars #1.
Humans open a gateway to the stars and find a ruthless enemy awaiting them.
Kildar (Baen, 2006.)
Ghost #2.
Marginal techno-thriller involving a secret history and a professional agent.
Live Free or Die (Baen, 2010.)
Earth is threatened by alien invaders.
There Will Be Dragons (Baen, 2003.)
Magic #1.
In a far future in which humans can reshape their bodies and command nearly magical technologies, a worldwide collapse leads to confusion and strife.
When the Devil Dances (Baen, 2002.)
God Kings #3.
The horselike alien Posleen have conquered virtually the entire Earth outside of North America, where plans are underway to launch fresh attacks against the invaders.
Cally's War (Baen, 2004.)
Cally O'Neal #1.
An assassin has various adventures in a future in which humans are trying to fit into galactic civilization.
Honor of the Clan (Baen, 2009.)
Cally O'Neal #3.
Military SF set in the aftermath of an alien war.
Sister Time (Baen, 2007.)
Cally O'Neal #2.
Two sisters battle sinister aliens in an interstellar civilization.
Road to Damascus, The (Baen, 2004.)
A Bolo novel.
A peaceful, recently settled planet has to mobilize to resist an invasion.
Watch on the Rhine (Baen, 2005.)
Posleen #1.
Aliens conquer the US and the German Nazis have to come to the rescue.
Tuloriad, The (Baen, 2009.)
Posleen #3.
A defeated alien race looks for its original homeworld.
Yellow Eyes (Baen, 2007.)
Posleen #2.
An alien invasion force attempts to seize control of the Panama Canal.
RINGO, JOHN & TAYLOR, TRAVIS S.
Manxome Foe (Baen, 2008.)
Stars #3.
A colony world ceases to communicate so a ship is sent to discovery why.
Von Neumann’s War (Baen, 2006.)
A race of robots threatens the Earth.
Vorpal Blade (Baen, 2007.)
Stars #2.
A spaceship travels through an alternate reality battling monstrous aliens.
RINGO, JOHN & WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL Z.
Hero, The (Baen, 2004.)
A good guy alien is pursued across a hostile planet by a bad guy human.
Elbert, the Mind Reader (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1967, Scholastic, 1968.)
A youngster discovers that he can read minds and decides to help his school team discover the opposition's secrets.
RIPLEY, KAREN
Alchemist of Time, The (Del Rey, 1994.)
Slow World #3.
A woman continues her desperate efforts to find a way back to the planet of her origin, and discovers that she is in danger in both worlds.
Persistence of Memory, The (Del Rey, 1993.)
Slow World #1.
A young woman suffers from amnesia but has flashes of memory that seem to be of another world. Those around her are tolerant, and are particularly interested in her ability to communicate with horses almost as though telepathically.
Prisoner of Dreams (Del Rey, 1989.)
Jo-lac #1.
A freelance space captain reluctantly accepts a job to transport a prisoner to another planet. There's something funny about the transfer however, made even more mysterious when someone tries to blow them out of space shortly after takeoff.
Tenth Class, The (Del Rey, 1990.)
Jo-lac #2.
The military authorities on Earth are secretly experimenting on mutants, hoping to develop some of their powers as weapons. A space captain helps tilt the balance against them by going public with what she has learned about their plot.
Warden of Horses, The (Del Rey, 1994.)
Slow World #2.
Alien creatures are wreaking havoc on the world where a young woman struggles to deal with memories of a life on another world. She becomes a refugee, then realizes that the creatures are actually following in her tracks.
Confessions of a People Lover (?, 1967.)
Not seen. A dystopia.
Scylla Hexagram, The (IUniverse, 2004.)
Marginal thriller involving a plot to dominate the world.
RIVKIN, J.F.
Age of Dinosaurs (Roc, 1992.)
Explorers find a gate through time in a lost city in Brazil. It takes them back to the age of dinosaurs, where they have to fight for their lives against the resident creatures, as well as a band of villains who are living there.
ROBB, J.D. (Pseudonym of Nora Roberts.)
Betrayal in Death (Berkley, 2001.)
Eve Dallas #12.
A professional assassin is killing people who work for Eve Dallas' husband, just as he is preparing a major auction. Only marginally SF this time, despite being set in 2059.
Big Jack (Berkley, 2010.)
An excerpt from Remember When.
Born in Death (Berkley, 2006.)
Eve Dallas #24.
Missing persons mystery in 2059.
Ceremony in Death (Berkley, 1997.)
Eve Dallas #5.
A futuristic cop is investigating the death of a fellow officer. When she gets too close to the truth, another dead body is found, this one in front of her home, a clear warning that she is to drop her inquiries.
Conspiracy in Death (Berkley, 1999.)
Eve Dallas #8.
Yet another serial killer stalks a future city, this time harvesting diseased organs from the homeless, but with the skill of a first rate surgeon.
Creation in Death (Berkley, 2007.)
Eve Dallas #26.
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Divided in Death (Putnam, 2004.)
Eve Dallas #18.
Someone has committed a double murder and framed a security operative for the crime. Has the Homeland Security Office become even more corrupt than believed or is it a rogue agent concealing his involvement in a series of crimes?
Glory in Death (Hodder, 1995, Berkley, 1995.)
Eve Dallas #2.
A series of murders of high society women brings a 21st Century cop professional and personal problems when evidence seems to indicate that the man responsible is her lover.
Holiday in Death (Berkley, 1998.)
Eve Dallas #7.
Police make a connection between a new serial killer and a futuristic dating agency when they discover that all of the victims were clients.
Imitation in Death (Berkley, 2003.)
Eve Dallas #17.
A futuristic killer imitates Jack the Ripper.
Immortal in Death (New English Library, 1997.)
Eve Dallas #3.
Dallas investigates the murder of a famous fashion model of the future when a close friend is accused of the crime.
Innocent in Death (Putnam, 2007.)
Eve Dallas #25.
A seemingly insignificant teacher is mysteriously poisoned.
Judgment in Death (Berkley, 2000.)
Eve Dallas #11.
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Kindred in Death (Putnam, 2009.)
Eve Dallas #29.
A rapist murder leads to a complicated series of revelations.
Loyalty in Death (Berkley, 1999.)
Eve Dallas #9.
Adherents of a long dissolved terrorist group initiate a series of bombing attacks, specifically taunting Eve Dallas in the process. This turns out to be linked to an unusual crime of passion that she is also investigating.
Memory in Death (Putnam, 2006.)
Eve Dallas #23.
Dallas investigates the murder of a woman who tormented her as a child.
Midnight in Death (Berkley, 2005.)
Eve Dallas #22.
This is actually out of sequence since it's a novella previously published in 1998 and only in book form in 2005. An escaped serial killer targets Dallas and some of her associates.
Naked in Death (Berkley, 1995.)
Eve Dallas #1.
A tough future police officer investigating a murder finds that she is romantically attracted to the chief suspect, an Irish billionaire with special talents of his own.
Origin in Death (Berkley, 2005.)
Eve Dallas #21.
Two inexplicable murders lead to the discovery of illegal cloning and genetic manipulation.
Portrait in Death (Berkley, 2003.)
Eve Dallas #16.
Dallas tracks down an insane serial killer who is obsessed with photographs of beautiful people.
Promises in Death (Putnam, 2009.)
Eve Dallas #28.
Someone is murdering members of the New York City police force of 2060.
Purity in Death (Berkley, 2002.)
Eve Dallas #15.
Dallas must track down a band of vigilantes who are using computers to infect the brains of people they believe should die.
Rapture in Death (Berkley, 1996, Hodder, 1997.)
Eve Dallas #4.
A series of apparent suicides turns ugly when each man is revealed to have a tiny burn mark on his brain. Is it just a coincidence of some kind, or has someone found a new way to commit murder?
Remember When (Putnam, 2003.)
An Eve Dallas novel.
A two part novel, the first of which is credited to Nora Roberts and sets up the mystery, which is then resolved by Dallas in the year 2059.
Reunion in Death (Berkley, 2002.)
Eve Dallas #14.
An old enemy begins randomly murdering people in pursuit of a personal vendetta against Eve Dallas. Has only minor trappings of SF, references to off planet activities and advanced computers.
Salvation in Death (Putnam, 2008.)
Eve Dallas #27.
Someone is poisoning religious leaders in future New York.
Seduction in Death (Berkley, 2001.)
Eve Dallas #13.
A futuristic killer uses the internet to access his victims.
Strangers in Death (Putnam, 2008.)
Eve Dallas #27.
Dallas investigates a bizarre murder.
Survivor in Death (Berkley, 2005.)
Eve Dallas #20.
Marginal piece in which three terrorists try to track down a young child.
Three in Death (Berkley, 2007.)
Omnibus of Interlude in Death, Midnight in Death, and Haunted in Death.
Vengeance in Death (Berkley, 1997.)
Eve Dallas #6.
A brutal serial killer tortures each of his victims and then taunts the police. Unfortunately, as a master of the high technology of the future, he can cover his tracks well and keeps the police in the dark.
Visions in Death (Berkley, 2004.)
Eve Dallas #19.
Someone is murdering people and stealing their body parts.
Witness in Death (Berkley, 1998.)
Eve Dallas #10.
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ROBB, JOHN (Pseudonym of Norman Robson.)
Space Beam (Hamilton, 1951.)
Not seen.
ROBBINS, DAVID (See also J.D. Cameron. The Blade series is a followup to the Endworld series.)
Anaheim Run (Leisure, 1988.)
Endworld #13.
The Soviets are using mutant assassins to destroy opposition leaders in preparation for the subjugation of North America.
Anaheim Run/Seattle Run (BMI, 1991.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Armageddon Run (Leisure, 1987.)
Endworld #7.
A handful of warriors plot to capture their long time enemy, but it's a trick and instead they find themselves facing a small army of mutants.
Atlanta Run (Leisure, 1989.)
Endworld #17.
Blade and company find a city dominated by a brutal aristocracy that eliminates any of its subjects who care considered unproductive or rebellious.
Atlanta Run/Memphis Run (BMI, ?)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Boston Run (Leisure, 1990.)
Endworld #21.
Not seen.
Capital Run (Leisure, 1988.)
Endworld #9.
A century after the nuclear war, the Soviets control Washington and plan to spread out and conquer the countryside.
Capital Run/New York Run (BMI, 1991.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Chicago Run (Leisure, 1991.)
Endworld #27.
Not seen.
Cincinnati Run (Leisure, 1990.)
Endworld #19.
The Soviets are out to conquer ravaged North America again, this time using a superlaser with a power beyond anything previously known.
Cincinnati Run/Dallas Run ( BMI, ?)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Citadel Run (Leisure, 1987.)
Endworld #6.
A mission to rescue the besieged residents of a neighboring community leads to deadly danger when a group of adventurers are captured by their enemies.
Crusher Strike (Leisure, 1990.)
Blade #6.
Not seen.
Dakota Run (Leisure, 1987.)
Endworld #5.
A horde of nomadic barbarians travel across blasted America, and now they're seeking fresh victims from among Blade's people, which naturally is very unwise of them.
Dallas Run (Leisure, 1990.)
Endworld #20.
An army of the insane, their minds poisoned by a substance in the drinking water, begins to spread havoc through war torn North America.
Dead Zone Strike (Leisure, 1990.)
Blade #10.
Not seen.
Deathmaster Strike (Leisure, 1991.)
Blade #12.
Not seen.
Denver Run (Leisure, 1987.)
Endworld #8.
With their fortress under siege by barbarians, the people dedicated to rebuilding civilization send an emissary to Denver to seek an alliance.
Devil Strike (Leisure, 1990.)
Blade #8.
Not seen.
First Strike (Leisure, 1989.)
Blade #1.
A group of professional soldiers travels to California following a nuclear war to end the reign of terror of a mutant who is raising an army.
First Strike/Outlands Strike (BMI, ?)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Fox Run, The (Leisure, 1986.)
Endworld #1.
Following a nuclear war, small settlements attempt to rebuild civilization while holding off the hordes of human and mutant creatures who prey on them. In their first adventure, a group of warriors sets out to rescue kidnapped women from an evil tribe.
Green Bay Run (Leisure, 1990.)
Endworld #22.
Not seen.
Houston Run (Leisure, 1988.)
Endworld #12.
A century after a nuclear war, androids developed by the now destroyed military seize control of Houston and use it as a base for their plans of world conquest.
Kalispell Run, The (Leisure, 1987.)
Endworld #4.
The search for a source of medical supplies continues, this time despite the depredations of a band of mutants who have learned to live underground.
L.A. Strike (Leisure, 1990.)
Blade #9.
A military expedition is launched to free Los Angeles from its rule by mutants and criminal gangs that sprang up following World War III.
Liberty Run (Leisure, 1988.)
Endworld #11.
The Soviets are plotting to conquer the remnants of America, so a group of survivors send a spy into their base in Philadelphia.
Liberty Run/Houston Run (BMI, 1991.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Madman Run (Leisure, 1991.)
Endworld #26.
In post apocalyptic America, two adventurers are enslaved by a madman in a castle.
Memphis Run (Leisure, 1989.)
Endworld #18.
Another local warlord threatens to upset the move toward civilization in post-nuclear war America, so a band of adventurers sets out for another mission of violent liberation.
Miami Run (Leisure, 1989.)
Endworld #16.
Not seen.
Nevada Run (Leisure, 1989.)
Endworld #15.
On a rescue mission, the warriors discover that Las Vegas is still inhabited, but it has become a deadly place where mutants and murderers run amok.
Nevada Run/Miami Run (BMI, 1991.)
Omnibus of the two novels.
New Orleans Run (Leisure, 1991.)
Endworld #24.
Not seen.
New York Run (Leisure, 1988.)
Endworld #10.
Blade and his friends venture into the caverns beneath New York City, searching for a scientific discovery that was made just before the nuclear war destroyed civilization.
Outlands Strike (Leisure, 1989.)
Blade #2.
Not seen.
Pipeline Strike (Leisure, 1989.)
Blade #4.
A strike force is sent into post nuclear war Alaska to reactivate the oil pipeline, but instead they run into a madman and a small army of radiation spawned monsters.
Pirate Strike (Leisure, 1989.)
Blade #5.
Bands of pirates survive off the coast following a nuclear war, and their efforts to capture a more advanced Coast Guard ship are ultimately thwarted by a band of soldiers.
Quest Strike (Leisure, 1991.)
Blade #11.
Not seen.
Seattle Run (Leisure, 1989.)
Endworld #14.
A mutant genius seizes control of Seattle and begins to raise an army that threatens the liberty of the rest of America.
Spartan Run (Leisure, 1991.)
Endworld #25.
Travelers get caught in a battle between two city states in an America devastated by nuclear war.
Terror Strike (Leisure, 1990.)
Blade #7.
Bands of scavengers menace a man and his family as they try to take a break from dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear war.
Thief River Falls Run (Leisure, 1986.)
Endworld #2.
A mission to retrieve badly needed medical supplies from a ruined city goes awry when the travelers are attacked by a band of soldiers gone wild.
Twin Cities Run (Leisure, 1986.)
Endworld #3.
Another series of battles with mutated humans as the search for needed medications continues.
Vampire Strike (Leisure, 1989.)
Blade #3.
A band of outlaws is kidnapping people and draining their bodies of blood. Are they crazed nuclear war survivors, mutants, or genuine vampires? A band of soldiers plans to kill them all regardless of the answer.
Vampire Strike/Pipeline Strike (BMI, ?)
Omnibus of the two novels.
Vengeance Strike (Leisure, 1991.)
Blade #13.
An attempt to rebuild civilization is threatened by the presence of shapeshifters who can impersonate government officials.
Yellowstone Run (Leisure, 1990.)
Endworld #23.
More violent action as Blade tries to defeat another band of barbarian warriors preying on the innocent.
Dawn of War II (Black Library, 2009.)
A Warhammer novel.
Military SF on a desert planet.
Dragon's Nine Sons, The (Solaris, 2008.)
A Celestial Empire novel.
Mexico and China wage war in space and a group of disgraced soldiers are sent on a suicide mission.
End of the Century (Pyr, 2009.)
Three different ages are linked by a mysterious entity.
Here, There, and Everywhere (Pyr, 2005.)
Episodic story about a woman who can travel through time.
Iron Jaw and Hummingbird (Viking, 2008.)
A Celestial Empire novel.
Teens are Chinese ruled Mars.
Line of Dichotomy, The (Solaris, 2007.)
Short story published as a pamphlet.
Paragaea (Pyr, 2006.)
Adventures in an alternate dimension where people from different times and places interact.
Sons of Dorn (Black Library, 2009.)
A Warhammer novel.
A military unit questions its loyalties during an interplanetary war.
Three Unbroken (Solaris, 2009.)
A Celestial Empire novel.
Three soldiers have adventures in an interstellar empire.
ROBERTS, ADAM (See also A.R.R. Roberts and Robertski Brothers.)
Gradisil (Gollancz, 2006, Pyr, 2007.)
The creation of a new society in Earth's orbit causes tensions on the home world.
On (Gollancz, 2001.)
A youngster finds a new and complex world beyond the wall that circumscribes his homeland.
Jupiter Magnified (PS, 2003.)
For unexplained reasons, a vision of the planet Jupiter, magnified immensely, fills the sky of Earth.
Land of the Headless (Gollancz, 2007.)
A disembodied head is fitted to survive and joins the army.
Park Polar (PS, 2001.)
A project to introduce genetically engineered lifeforms in the Antarctic is plagued by mysterious murders.
Polystom (Gollancz, 2003.)
Life in a universe where it is possible to fly from one planet to another without special equipment.
Salt (Gollancz, 2000.)
A new colony is established in space, but it makes the same mistakes as Earth and eventually becomes caught up in a war when the two factions discover that they cannot set aside their own hatreds even in the face of such a major challenge.
Snow, The (Gollancz, 2004.)
A snowstorm covers the entire Earth with a layer of snow that wipes out almost the entire human race.
Splinter (Solaris, 2007.)
A pastiche of Off on a Comet by Jules Verne, with a small number of survivors on a fragment of a shattered Earth.
Star Warped (Gollancz, 2005.)
A spoof of the Star Wars movies.
Stone (Gollancz, 2002.)
The galaxy's last criminal is hired to exterminate a world.
ROBERTS, A.R.R. (Pseudonym of Adam Roberts, whom see.)
Doctor Whom (Gollancz, 2006.)
A spoof of Doctor Who.
Va Dinci Cod, The (Gollancz, 2005.)
A spoof of The Da Vinci Code.
Eight for Eternity (Hodder, 1947.)
Not seen.
ROBERTS, CHARLES G.D.
Cosmopolitan (?, 1919.)
Collection of related stories set in prehistory.
Nuclear Subtraction (Digit, ?)