The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (continued)
- * *Spooksville #4: Aliens in the Sky (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-53728-8, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $3.50, 120pp, tp, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Spooksville] Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the series about a spooky town with a doorway to another dimension.
- * *The Star Group (Pocket Archway 0-671-55057-8, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Young-adult horror novel. Six teens are given great powers by an alien intelligence, but one is evil.
- * _The Star Group (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-68607-3, Jan 98, £3.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1997) young-adult dark fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Starlight Crystal (Pocket Archway 0-671-55028-4, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $3.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Mark Garro) Young-adult SF thriller. A young woman joins the crew of a spaceship/time machine and accidentally arrives on Earth billions of years in the future. Also announced in hardcover (-55029-2, $14.00) but not seen.
- * _The Starlight Crystal (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61914-7, Jul 96, £3.99, 195pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Tachyon Web (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26102-9, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.75, 197pp, pb) Young-adult sf novel of five kids in a stolen spaceship.
- * _The Tachyon Web (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61643-1, Mar 94, £3.99, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1986) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Tachyon Web (Pocket Archway 0-671-69060-4, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1986) young-adult SF novel.
- * _Tachyon Web (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61643-1, Jan 98 [Apr 98], £4.50, 189pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1986 as The Tachyon Web) young-adult SF novel. Third printing.
- * *Tales of Terror #1 (Pocket Archway 0-671-55074-8, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $4.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult collection of six horror stories, each with an introduction describing its inspiration. (Contents)
- * *The Visitor (Pocket Archway 0-671-87270-2, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Young-adult horror novel. A weird teen may really be from outer space. Also announced in hardcover (-87262-1, $14.00) but not seen.
- * _The Visitor (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61174-X, Mar 96, £3.99, 162pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. A weird teenager may really be from outer space. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Visitor (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61174-X, Jul 97, £3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Third printing.
- * _Weekend (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-52927-X, Jan 97 [Jul 97], £3.99, 190pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Scholastic 1986) young-adult horror novel. 10th printing.
- * *Whisper of Death (Pocket Archway 0-671-69058-2, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.50, 180pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel of five teenagers indirectly involved in the suicide death of a teenage girl wake to find themselves the only human beings left on Earth.
- * _Whisper of Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58269-3, Aug 93, £3.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult horror novel, about a girl with supernatural powers. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Whisper of Death (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-58269-3, Jan 97, £3.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult horror novel. Seventh printing.
- * *The Wicked Heart (Pocket Archway 0-671-74511-5, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) Young-adult horror novel about a teenage serial killer and the evil force that compels him to kill. A hardcover edition (-87314-8, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
- * _The Wicked Heart (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61642-3, Apr 94, £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Pocket Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Wicked Heart (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61642-3, Jan 97 [Jul 97], £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. Sixth printing.
- * *Witch (Pocket Archway 0-671-69055-8, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.50, 225pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl stalked by a witch.
- * _Witch (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-56889-5, Apr 92, £3.99, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) young-adult horror novel about a girl with psychic powers. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Witch (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-56889-5, Oct 94 [Jan 95], £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
- * _Witch (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-56889-5, Jan 97 [Jul 97], £3.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel. Eighth printing.
- PIKE, DAVID
- * *Sentinel of the Row (Ligden 0-9520431-0-6, 1992 [Aug 93], £4.99, 217pp, tp) Ghost novel.
- PILLING, ANN (1944- ) (stories)
- * _The Empty Frame (Collins 0-00-675293-4, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £4.99, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1997) young-adult ghost novel. The original edition was not seen.
- PINE, NICHOLAS
- * *Terror Academy # 8: Science Project (Berkley 0-425-14152-7, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Terror Academy] Young-adult horror novel, eighth book in an ongoing series set at a high school thats a magnet for evil. The school science nerd creates monstrous things in his lab. Copyrighted by C.A. Stokes.
- * *Terror Academy # 9: The Prom (Berkley 0-425-14153-5, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $3.50, 183pp, pb) [Terror Academy] Young-adult horror novel, ninth book in an ongoing series set at a high school thats a magnet for evil. A girl murdered at a prom 20 years before comes back from the grave to revenge herself on innocent promgoers. Copyrighted by C.A. Stokes.
- * *Terror Academy #13: The Substitute (Berkley 0-425-14534-4, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $3.99, 169pp, pb) [Terror Academy] Young-adult horror novel, 13th in the series about a horror-plagued high school. A substitute teacher helps a homely girl become beautiful, then demands evil payment.
- * _Terror Academy: Lights Out (Mammoth 0-7497-1686-X, Jun 94, £2.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1993) young-adult horror novel. Volume one in the Terror Academy series. Copyrighted by C. A. Stokes. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Terror Academy: Night School (Berkley 0-425-14151-9, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $3.50, 182pp, pb) [Terror Academy] Young-adult horror novel, seventh book in an ongoing series set at a high school thats a magnet for evil, the previous books all being non-supernatural horror. Stacey Lindens night school instructor is never seen by daylight and begins to look at her as if hes hungry...
- * _Terror Academy: Night School (Mammoth 0-7497-2306-8, Oct 94, £2.99, 171pp, pb) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1994) young-adult horror novel, seventh in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Terror Academy: Science Project (Mammoth 0-7497-2307-6, Nov 94, £2.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1994) young-adult horror novel. Eighth in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Terror Academy: Sixteen Candles (Mammoth 0-7497-1688-6, Jun 94, £2.99, 174pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1993) young-adult horror novel. Volume three in the Terror Academy series. Copyrighted by C. A. Stokes. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Terror Academy: Spring Break (Mammoth 0-7497-1689-4, Jun 94, £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1993) young-adult horror novel. In the Terror Academy series. Copyrighted by C. A. Stokes. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Terror Academy: Stalker (Mammoth 0-7497-1687-8, Jun 94, £2.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1993) young-adult horror novel. Volume two in the Terror Academy series. Copyrighted by C. A. Stokes. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Terror Academy: The Prom (Mammoth 0-7497-2308-4, Dec 94, £2.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Terror Academy] Reprint (Berkley 1994) young-adult horror novel. Ninth in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- PINEDA, CECILE
- * _Love Queen of the Amazon (Penguin 0-14-016586-X, Apr 94 [May 94], £5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Henri Rousseau) Reprint (Little Brown 1992) literary fantasy novel.
- PINEIRO, R(ogelio) J. (1961- )
- * *Breakthrough (Tor/Forge 0-312-85983-X, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $23.95, 381pp, hc) Near-future techno-thriller about computer bio-chips.
- PIÑERA, VIRGILIO (1912-1979) (stories)
- * *Cold Tales (Rizzoli/Eridanos 0-941419-19-3, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $24.00, 282pp, hc) Collection of 44 magical realism stories. Translated into English by Mark Schafer and Thomas Christensen, from Cuentos Frios (1987). (Contents)
- PINES, TONYA, ed. (stories)
- * _13 Tales of Horror (Hippo 0-590-55081-0, Jul 95, £4.99, 330pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1991 as Thirteen: Tales of Horror) Ninth printing.
- * _13 Tales of Terror (Hippo 0-590-55081-0, Jun 92, £2.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1991 as Thirteen) original anthology of 13 young-adult horror stories, one a reprint. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Thirteen (Scholastic 0-590-45256-8, Oct 91, $3.50, 343pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 young-adult horror stories, one a reprint. (Contents)
- PINI, RICHARD (Alan) (1950- ) (stories)
- _____, ed.
- * *The Blood of Ten Chiefs (with Lynn Abbey & Robert Lynn Asprin) (Tor 0-812-53041-1, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $6.95, 314pp, pb) [Elfquest] Shared world anthology of original stories by 11 authors. Theres an Elfquest geneology chart, but no table of contents. (Contents)
- * _The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 3: Winds of Change (Tor 0-812-50700-2, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reprint (Tor 1989) shared-world anthology in the Elfquest series.
- * *The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 4: Against the Wind (Tor 0-812-54906-6, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $7.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Original shared-world anthology of 8 stories in the Elfquest series. (Contents)
- * _The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 4: Against the Wind (Tor 0-812-52274-5, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reprint (Tor 1990) original shared-world anthology of eight stories set in the Elfquest universe.
- * _Elfquest, Vol.1: The Blood of Ten Chiefs (with Lynn Abbey & Robert Lynn Asprin) (Tor 0-812-53043-8, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $3.50, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) original shared world fantasy anthology.
- * *Elfquest: Dark Hours (Tor 0-812-52341-5, Jun 93 [May 93], $7.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Original shared-world anthology of nine stories in the Elfquest series. The Blood of Ten Chiefs volume five. (Contents)
- * _Elfquest: Dark Hours (Tor 0-812-52342-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reprint (Tor 1993) original shared-world anthology of nine stories in the Elfquest series.
- * *Winds of Change: The Blood of Ten Chiefs #3 (Tor 0-812-54905-8, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $7.95, 275pp, tp) [Elfquest] Original shared-world anthology in the Elfquest series. (Contents)
- * _Wolfsong: The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 2 (with Robert Lynn Asprin) (Tor 0-812-50377-5, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $4.50, 307pp, pb) [Elfquest] Reprint (Tor 1988) shared-world anthology of nine Elfquest stories.
- * *Wolfsong: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 2 (with Lynn Abbey & Robert Lynn Asprin) (Tor 0-812-53037-3, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $7.95, 307pp, tp) [Elfquest] Original anthology of 9 shared-world Elfquest stories. (Contents)
- PINI, WENDY (1951- ) (stories)
- * _Elfquest (with Richard Pini) (Berkley 0-425-07009-3, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $2.95, 320pp, pb) [Elfquest] Reprint (Playboy 1982) illustrated fantasy novel based on the comic.
- * _Elfquest Volume I (with Richard Pini) (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-626-5, Mar 88 [May 88], $5.95, 88pp, tp) [Elfquest] Reprint (Donning/Starblaze 1981) fantasy graphic novel. This is a new digest-size paperback edition with an introduction by Andre Norton.
- * *Elfquest: Book 3 (with Richard Pini) (Starblaze 0-89865-329-0, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $10.95, 162pp, tp) [Elfquest] Graphic novel, part of a fantasy series, with commentaries by Boris Vallejo and Lynn Abbey. Also announced in a limited edition (-328-2, $40.00).
- * *Elfquest: Book 4 (with Richard Pini) (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-377-0, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $12.95, 168pp, pb) [Elfquest] Graphic fantasy novel, the final part of the series.
- * *Elfquest: Book 4 (with Richard Pini) (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-378-9, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $40.00, 168pp, hc) [Elfquest] Limited-edition of above with slipcase and color print.
- * *Elfquest: Captives of Blue Mountain (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-00403-2, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $12.00, 231pp, tp, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Novelization, third in the series based on the Elfquest fantasy comic books. Copyrighted by Warp Graphics.
- * _Elfquest: Captives of Blue Mountain (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-00492-X, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reprint (Ace 1997) novelization, third in the series based on the Elfquest fantasy comic books. Copyrighted by Warp Graphics.
- * _Elfquest: Journey to Sorrows End (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-18371-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1982) fantasy novel with illustrations by the authors, based on the characters they created in the comic book series.
- * _Elfquest: Journey to Sorrows End (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-18371-9, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest] Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1982) novelization based on the fantasy comic books. Second printing.
- * *Elfquest: The Quest Begins (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-00294-3, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $11.00, 263pp, tp, cover by Wendy Pini & Kelly Freas) Novelization based on the fantasy comic books. Copyrighted by Warp Graphics.
- * _Elfquest: The Quest Begins (with Richard Pini) (Ace 0-441-00418-0, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Wendy Pini & Kelly Freas) Reprint (Ace 1996) novelization based on the fantasy comic books. Copyrighted by Warp Graphics.
- * _Fire and Flight (with Richard Pini) (Titan 1-85286-114-2, Sep 88, £8.95, 186pp, tp) [Elfquest] Reprint (Donning/Starblaze 1981) fantasy graphic novel. Volume 1 in the Complete Elfquest series. This edition includes extra covers and omitted pages, but has much poorer reproduction than the original. [First U.K. edition]
- PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *5 Novels (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-42329-6, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $10.95, 648pp, pb) Omnibus of five weird YA novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars (Dutton 1979), Slaves of Spiegel (Four Winds Press 1982), The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Lothrop Lee &; Shepard 1982), The Last Guru (Dodd, Mead 1978), and Young Adult Novel (Crowell 1982). Foreword by Jules Feiffer. (Contents)
- * _5 Novels (SFBC #17385, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $11.98, 648pp, hc, cover by Fabian Negrin) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1997) omnibus of five weird YA novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars (1979), Slaves of Spiegel (1982), The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (1982), The Last Guru (1978), and Young Adult Novel (1982). This is the first hardcover edition, ISBN 1-56865-743-9, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *The Afterlife Diet (Random House 0-679-41936-5, Feb 95, $21.00, 259pp, hc, cover by Marc Burckhardt) Fantasy novel of Pinkwatery weirdness: a murder mystery set in a heaven where everyone is circumferentially challenged.
- * *Borgel (Macmillan 0-02-774671-2, Apr 90 [May 90], $12.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Daniel Pinkwater) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel about a boys adventures through space and time with an elderly relative.
- * _Borgel (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71620-6, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $3.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Daniel Pinkwater) Reprint (Macmillan 1990) young-adult humorous fantasy novel about a boys adventures through space and time with an elderly relative.
- * *Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights (Addison-Wesley 0-201-52359-0, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $17.95, 168pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a memoir of Pinkwaters life and career.
- * _Lizard Music (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15605-5, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 136pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1976) juvenile fantasy novella; rocknroll lizards in Thunderbolt city.
- * *The Muffin Fiend (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-04274-0, Apr 86, $10.25, 48pp, hc) Juvenile novella of mystery, humor, and possibly fantasy as well, featuring the great European muffin theft and sleuth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- * *The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror (Morrow 0-688-02670-2, Jun 84 [May 84], $11.00, 191pp, hc) [Snarkout Boys] Humorous juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death.
- * _The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-13581-4, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.50, 175pp, pb) [Snarkout Boys] Reprint (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1984) humorous young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *Wallpaper from Space (with Jill Pinkwater) (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-80764-3, May 96 [Apr 96], $15.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Jill Pinkwater) Childrens picture book about magic wallpaper. Text by Daniel, pictures by Jill.
- * *Young Adults (Tor 0-812-58710-3, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $5.95, 224pp, pb) Collection of two short novels, Young Adult Novel (1982) and its previously unpublished sequel Dead End Dada, plus a chapter of a third novel in progress, and an assortment of Pinkwater things. Lunatic fun. Recommended for people who are already unstable. (DLN) (Contents)
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