Meyers, Richard S
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.

(1953- ) US author who publishes also as Wade Barker. His sf novels are of relatively little interest, though the Doomstar sequence – Doom Star (1978; rev vt Doomstar 1985) and Doom Star Number Two (1979; rev vt Return to Doomstar 1985) – are moderately entertaining Space Operas. The Book of the Undead is horror [see Checklist]. Stan Lee Presents the Incredible Hulk in Cry of the Beast (1979) is a Tie to the Incredible Hulk universe. Of more interest are his nonfiction film studies, including The World of Fantasy Films (1980), For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films (1983) and S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films from "Rollerball" to "Return of the Jedi" (1984; vt The Great Science Fiction Films from "Rollerball" to "Return of the Jedi" 1990). [JC]
Richard S Meyers
born 1953
works
series
Destroyer
- Sweet Dreams (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1976) anonymous, with Warren Murphy [#25: Destroyer: pb/Hector Garrido]
- The Last Temple (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1977) anonymous, with Warren Murphy [#27: Destroyer: pb/Hector Garrido]
- The Final Death (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1977) anonymous, with Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir [#29: Destroyer: pb/Hector Garrido]
Doomstar
- Doom Star (New York: Carlyle, 1978) [Doomstar: pb/]
- Doom Star Number Two (New York: Carlyle, 1979) [Doomstar: pb/Roy Kuhlman]
- Return to Doomstar (New York: Popular Library/Questar, 1985) [rev vt of the above: Doomstar: pb/Don Maitz]
Ninja Master
- Dragon' Rising: The Year of the Ninja Master: Spring (New York: Warner Books, 1985) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- Lion's Fire: The Year of the Ninja Master: Summer (New York: Warner Books, 1985) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- Serpent's Eye: The Year of the Ninja Master: Autumn (New York: Warner Books, 1985) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- Phoenix Sword: The Year of the Ninja Master: Winter (New York: Warner Books, 1986) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- War of the Ninja Master: The Kohga Ritual (New York: Warner Books, 1988) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- War of the Ninja Master: The Shibo Discipline (New York: Warner Books, 1988) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- War of the Ninja Master: The Himitsu Attack (New York: Warner Books, 1988) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
- War of the Ninja Master: The Zakka Slaughter (New York: Warner Books, 1988) as by Wade Barker [tie to Ninja Master: pb/]
Book of the Undead
- Fear Itself (New York: Dell Books, 1991) as by Ric Meyers [Book of the Undead: pb/]
- Living Hell (New York: Dell Books, 1991) as by Ric Meyers [Book of the Undead: pb/]
- Worst Nightmare (New York: Dell Books, 1992) as by Ric Meyers [Book of the Undead: pb/]
individual titles
- Stan Lee Presents the Incredible Hulk in Cry of the Beast (New York: Pocket Books, 1979) [tie to the Incredible Hulk: pb/]
- Dzurlord: A Crossroads Adventure in the World of Steven Brust's Jhereg (New York: Tor, 1987) anon with six other writers [tie to Jhereg by Stephen Brust: in the publisher's Crossroads Adventure Gamebook series: pb/]
- Murder in Halruaa (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1996) [tie to the fantasy universe: Forgotten Realms Mysteries: hb/Larry Elmore]
nonfiction
- The World of Fantasy Films (South Brunswick, New Jersey: A S Barnes and Co, 1980) [nonfiction: pb/]
- For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films (Piscataway, New Jersey: New Century Publishers, 1983) [nonfiction: pb/]
- For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films (Guilford, Connecticut: Eirini Press/Emery Books, 2011) [nonfiction: exp of the above: pb/]
- S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films from "Rollerball" to "Return of the Jedi" (New York: Citadel Press, 1984) [nonfiction: hb/]
- The Great Science Fiction Films from "Rollerball" to "Return of the Jedi" (New York: Citadel Press, 1990) [nonfiction: vt of the above: pb/]
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