R - Other Writers

Philip Raines (with Harvey Welles) "The Fishie" © Lady Churhill Rosebud Wristlet, 2003 --honorable mention : 2004 Fountain --/ cool f story --/ idea award Alan J. Ramm "Death Walks on Mars" © Imagination, Feb 1958 Alan J. Ramm "Trouble Near The Sun" © Imagination, Nov 1954 --/ cool space sf story --/ wonder award --/ rare find John W. Randal "Bad Animals" © Sci Fiction, Mar 2001 --/ third place apocalyptic sf story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ emotion award --/ rare find Florence Engel Randall "One Long Ribbon" © Fantastic, Jul 1962 --/ cool f story Melanie Rawn "Dragon Prince" (nv) (Dragon Prince series) © 1988, DAW Books --first novel : 1989 Locus /6 Melanie Rawn "Star Scroll" (nv) (Dragon Prince 2) © 1989, DAW Books Melanie Rawn "Sunrunner's Fire" (nv) (Dragon Prince 3) © 1991, DAW Books David V. Reed "The Brothers Shenanigan" © Amazing Stories, Jun 1946 David V. Reed "Death Plays a Game" © Fantastic Adventures, Dec 1941 John Reese "Rainmaker" © The Saturday Evening Post, Feb 1949 Tomorrow, the Stars, 1951 -a Mark Reisenberg "The Mentaller" © Imaginative Tales, Jan 1957 Mark Reisenberg "The Pink Puppy Dog" © Imaginative Tales, May 1957 Mark Reisenberg "Satellite-Keeper's Daughter" © Fantastic Universe, Oct 1956 --/ cool sf story Mark Reisenberg "Tag, You're It!" © Imaginative Tales, Mar 1958 Jessica Wynne Reisman "The Girl Who Ate Garbage" (with A. M. Dellamonica) © Sci Fiction, Nov 2001 --/ cool f story --/ shock value William Relling, Jr. "The Obsession" (Bradbury's World series) © The Bradbury Chronicles, ed. by W. Nolan, 1991 John Murray Reynolds "The Golden Amazons Of Venus" © Planet Stories, 1939 Perry Rhodan Series: Kurt Mahr "Beware The Microbots!" (nv) (Perry Rhodan # 35) © 1973, Ace Books Anne Rice "The Witching Hour" (nv) (Mayfair Witches series) © 1990, Knopf --horror/dark fantasy novel : 1991 Locus W --/ third place f novel --/ style award --/ emotion award H. Thompson Rich "The Beast Plants" © Argosy, Jul 1930 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Apr 1940 --/ third place sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: predator plants --/ shock value --/ romance award --/ adventure award --/ rare find Frank Richards "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" © Imagination, Jun 1953 --/ cool short sf story --/ idea award --/ humour award Joel Richards "Deadtime" © Universe # 14, 1984 --/ cool sf story Stacy Richter "The Cavemen In The Hedges" © Zoetrope: All-Story, Fall 2000 --short story : 2001 Locus Poll --/ fourth place f story --/ wonder award --/ idea award --/ rare find M. Rickert "Bread And Bombs" © F&SF, Apr 2003 --short story : 2004 Locus Poll --honorable mention : 2004 Fountain --/ cool f story --/ style award Kate Riedel "To Others We Know Not Of" © Weird Tales, Jan 2001 Jack Ritchie "Appointment At The Barge" © Microcosmic Tales, ed. I. Asimov, 1980 --/ cool sf story Jack Ritchie "Gemini 74" © The Diners Club Magazine, Feb 1966 Jack Ritchie "Put Your Head Upon My Knee" © The Diners Club Magazine, Aug 1967 --/ humour award Uncle River "My Stolen Sabre" © IASFM, Dec 2001 Wayne Robbins "Test-Tube Frankenstein" © Terror Tales, 1940 --/ cool sf story --/ shock value --/ rare find Jennifer Roberson "The Pride Of Princes" (nv) (Chronicles of the Cheysuli 5) © 1988, DAW Books Jennifer Roberson "The Shapechangers" (nv) (Chronicles of the Cheysuli 1) © 1984, DAW Books Jennifer Roberson "The Song of Homana" (nv) (Chronicles of the Cheysuli 2) © 1985, DAW Books Jennifer Roberson "Sword-Maker" (nv) (Tiger & Del 3) © 1988, DAW Books ---------------------------------------------- Adam Roberts "The Order of Things" ©  Constellations, ed. by Peter Crowther, 2005 --/ third place sf story --/ idea award --/ style award This is one of those reading experiences where every word seems to fall into place and resonate perfectly with your worldview, almost ridiculously so - you catch yourself thinking you could've written the story, and in fact, Adam Roberts must've sneaked into the chambers of your mind and plucked it from there... You nod and smile with every paragraph, and wish the story would unroll into a novel, breaking the boundaries of the book, streaming in gaudy tapestries, out through the door and into the blue wide yonder - to the place where awards are distributed and happy critics fall over themselves to lavish praise (this story did not win any awards, by the way) Why am I so excited about this? Because it brings organized and repressive religion to its knees, with little effort - just a neat little "what if" premise. This is a perfect "thought-variant" story, that would make the editor of the Golden Age of "Astounding" proud: one weird idea taken to the extreme - I am not going to spoil your reading pleasure, the surprises start from page one and never slow down - turning the story into a passionate statement against cast-in-stones rules and religions, bizarre traditions which take over people minds (traditions just as vicious and hard to exterminate as alien slugs and zombies). This story is intense and wonderful on plenty of levels, including unique world-building. Adam Roberts skyrockets to the top of my reading list (although, I hear that some off his books are quite obtuse and uneven). This story should be a required reading in every church, perhaps even preached from the pulpit. review: 22-Feb-09 (read in 2005) ---------------------------------------------- Adam Roberts "Swiftly" (Swiftly series) © SciFiction, Apr 2002 Swiftly, 2004 --/ cool f novella Ralph Robin "Pleasant Dreams" © Galaxy, Oct 1951 --Groff Conkin's story selection --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ emotion award --/ rare find Frank M. Robinson "East Wind, West Wind" © Nova 2, ed. H. Harrison, 1972 A Life in the Day of... and Other Short Stories, 1981 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: hunt for prohibited car --/ emotion award: suffocating air Frank M. Robinson "The Siren Sounds At Midnight" © Amazing Stories, Apr 1953 Frank M. Robinson "Two Weeks In August" © Galaxy, Feb 1951 --/ cool sf story --/ humour award --/ rare find Frank M. Robinson "The Worlds Of Joe Shannon" © IF, Mar 1954 --/ cool sf story ---------------------------------------------- Justina Robson "The Little Bear" ©  Constellations, ed. by Peter Crowther, 2005 --/ cool sf story --/ emotion award --/ romance award "A heart-rending story of loss across quantum realities. When an experiment goes slightly awry, a husband and wife are parted, and we see several realities in which who is lost to whom is slightly different." - via ---------------------------------------------- Joel Townsley Rogers "The Night The World Turned Over" © Startling Stories, Nov 1952 --/ fourth place apocalyptic sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea: Earth flipping poles --/ awesome scale --/ humour award: last man w/ girls --/ rare find Robert Rohrer "Pattern" © Amazing Stories, Oct 1962 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ rare find Robert Rohrer "The Sheeted Dead" © Amazing Stories, Sep 1964 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ shock value --/ rare find Moris Rolan "Pyat Dolgikh Chasov" © Vokrug Sveta, 1981 trans. from French --/ cool sf story --/ humour award --/ rare find Mark Ronson (pseud. of Marc Alexander) "Ogre" (nv) © 1980, Hamlyn Books --/ cool f novel --/ shock value Patrick Roscoe "The Tattoo Artist" © Descant, Fall 2001 --short story : 2002 Locus Poll Theodore Roscoe "The Curse Kiss" © Weird Tales, Feb 1930 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award: salt statue --/ adventure award: desert --/ rare find Mary Rosenblum "Casting At Pegasus" © IASFM, Apr 1995 Mary Rosenblum "The Eye of God" © IASFM, Mar 1998 --short list : 1999 Tiptree --novelette : 1999 Locus /21 --novelette : 1999 Asimov's Reader Poll /9 --novelette : 1999 HOMer Mary Rosenblum "Flight" (Flight series) © IASFM, Feb 1995 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award Igor Rosokhovatski "Obratnaya Svyaz" © Fantastika -69/70, 1970 Leone Ross "Tasting Songs" © Dark Matter, ed. S. Thomas, 2000 William Rostler "Patron Of The Arts" © Universe # 2, 1972 --novelette : 1973 Hugo --novelette : 1973 Nebula --short fiction : 1973 Locus /2 --/ cool sf story Milton Rothman (as Lee Gregor) "Formula For Galaxy I" © Amazing Stories, Aug 1952 --/ cool sf novella --/ wonder award --/ rare find Milton Rothman (as Lee Gregor) "Heavy Planet" © Astounding Stories, Aug 1939 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award Milton Rothman (as Lee Gregor) "Last Night Out" © Planet Stories, Sep 1951 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ rare find Eileen Roy "The Greening" © Orbit # 21, 1980 Victor Rousseau (as Lew Merrill) "Space Burial" © Spicy Adventure Stories, 1940 Nicholas Royle "Standard Gauge" © Thirteen, ed. M. Atkins, 2002 --/ cool dark f story --/ shock value George J. Rowlins "The Thirteenth Boat" © Strange Stories, Apr 1940 --/ fourth place f story --/ wonder award --/ emotion award: sea ghosts --/ romance award --/ rare find Nicholas Royle "Hide And Seek" © Dark Terrors 6, ed. S. Jones, 2002 --/ cool f story Boris Rudenko "Isklyuchenie" © Znanie-Sila, 1980 --/ cool sf story --/ rare find Boris Rudenko "Okhota Po Licensiam" © Znanie-Sila, Feb 1982 --/ cool sf story --/ rare find Boris Rudenko "Vtorzhenie" © 1982, Teknika Molodezhi --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ rare find Charles W. Runyon "Metafusion" © Stellar # 3, 1977 Jay Russell "Hides" © Stranger, ed. M. Slung, 2002 Ray Russell "Ghost Of A Chance" © Whispers, Oct 1978 Ray Russell "Prof. Fairbank's Error" © Playboy, 1966 trans. to Russian Ray Russell "Xong Of Xuxan" © Playboy, Oct 1970 Michael Rutherford "The Tale And Its Master" © The Tale And Its Master, 1986 Infinite Kingdoms, 1990 Alan Ryan "Comstock" © New Dimensions # 11, 1980 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ rare find Alan Ryan "Good Night, Thou Child Of My Heart" © Chrysalis # 4, ed. R. Torgeson, 1979 --/ cool sf story Alan Ryan "It Must Be By His Death" © Chrysalis # 3, ed. R. Torgeson, 1978 Vyacheslav Rybakov "Velikaya Sush" © Znanie - Sila, 1980 --/ cool sf story --/ rare find ------------------------------------------

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