The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s 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 Children’s Books 0-340-56889-5, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Witch (Hodder Children’s 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 that’s 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 that’s 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 that’s a magnet for evil, the previous books all being non-supernatural horror. Stacey Linden’s night school instructor is never seen by daylight and begins to look at her as if he’s 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)

• * _Elfquest (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest Volume I (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: Book 3 (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: Book 4 (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: Captives of Blue Mountain (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: Journey to Sorrows End (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: Journey to Sorrow’s End (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Elfquest: The Quest Begins (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.
• * _Fire and Flight (with Wendy Pini) See entry under Wendy Pini.

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• * *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. There’s 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 Sorrow’s 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 boy’s 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 boy’s 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 Pinkwater’s 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; rock’n’roll 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) Children’s 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)