The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (continued)

• * _Chain Letter 2 (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-49909-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Archway 1992 as Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil) horror novel. Sixth printing.
• * *Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil (Pocket Archway 0-671-74506-9, Apr ’92, $3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) [Chain Letter] Young-adult horror novel, the sequel to the non-fantasy Chain Letter, it reveals that the killer in the previous book was actually possessed.
• * *Chained Together (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61674-1, Jul ’94, £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Omnibus of the two Chain Letter novels. The page numbering is separate for each novel. (Contents)
• * *Christopher Pike’s Tales of Terror #2 (Pocket Archway 0-671-55076-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $4.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult collection of five horror stories. (Contents)
• * *The Cold One (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-61357-7, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Davies) Horror novel. An ancient evil exists only to destroy humanity. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
• * *The Cold One (Tor 0-312-85117-0, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $21.00, 349pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Horror novel. Incarnated as a woman, an ancient evil spirit goes on a killing spree in Los Angeles.
• * _The Cold One (NEL 0-450-61358-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £4.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton; Tor 1995) horror novel. An ancient evil that exists only to destroy humanity confronts the last defenders of our race.
• * _The Cold One (Tor 0-812-51245-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Tor 1995) horror novel.
• * _Die Softly (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-58000-3, Oct ’96 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel. 10th printing. Published in 1996 but not seen until now.
• * *The Eternal Enemy (Pocket Archway 0-671-74509-3, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 180pp, pb) Young-adult sf novel. Rela’s new VCR records next week’s news and when she sees a report of her own death she has to try to change the future.
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60698-3, Nov ’93, £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60698-3, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], £3.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Paul Davis) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60698-3, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Mark Longworth) Reissue (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. 7th printing.
• * *Execution of Innocence (Pocket Archway 0-671-55055-1, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $3.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Young-adult horror novel.
• * *Execution of Innocence (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66453-3, Sep ’97, £3.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Young-adult horror novel. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Archway) edition.
• * _Fall into Darkness (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-54713-8, Oct ’91, £3.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Davies) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult thriller of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Hollow Skull (Pocket Archway 0-671-55059-4, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Young-adult horror novel. Something alien is infecting minds in a small town.
• * _Hollow Skull (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68608-1, Mar ’98, £3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Christopher Forder) Reprint (Pocket Archway 1998 as The Hollow Skull) young-adult SF/horror novel. An alien force possesses the people of a small town. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Immortal (Pocket Archway 0-671-74510-7, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult fantasy novel. Josie is vacationing in Greece when she discovers a small figure of an ancient goddess that possesses dangerous powers. A hardcover edition (-87039-4, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Immortal (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60697-5, Dec ’93, £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Immortal (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60697-5, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Paul David) Reissue (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. Seventh printing.
• * *The Last Vampire (Pocket Archway 0-671-87264-8, May ’94, $3.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel about a teenage boy who holds knowledge that a beautiful millenia-old vampire is determined to obtain. A hardcover edition (-87257-5, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Last Vampire (Hodder 0-340-61158-8, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £3.99, 193pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Archway 1994) young-adult SF/horror novel.
• * _The Last Vampire (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61158-8, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reissue (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Eighth printing.
• * *The Last Vampire 1 and 2 (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70397-0, Dec ’97, £4.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Young-adult horror omnibus of The Last Vampire and The Last Vampire 2: Red Dice (both Pocket Archway 1994). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * *The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood (Pocket Archway 0-671-87266-4, Nov ’94, $3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel. The two “last” vampires hear of murders by others.
• * _The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61170-7, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reissue (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Fourth printing.
• * *The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (Pocket Archway 0-671-87268-0, May ’95, $3.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel, third in the series. The vampires are now FBI agents threatened by DNA-sucking scientists.
• * _The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61172-3, Oct ’95, £3.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult vampire novel. Third in the series. The vampires are now FBI agents threatened by DNA-sucking scientists. Issued in 1995, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61172-3, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reissue (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Fifth printing.
• * *The Last Vampire 4: Phantom (Pocket Archway 0-671-55030-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel.
• * _The Last Vampire 4: Phantom (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61915-5, Oct ’96, £3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst (Pocket Archway 0-671-55050-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Joe Danisi) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel. Alisa’s daughter is a blood-thirsty monster. A hardcover edition (-55051-9, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66452-5, Jan ’97, £3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Vampire 6: Creatures of Forever (Pocket Archway 0-671-55052-7, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $3.99, 181pp, pb, cover by Phil Schramm) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel.
• * _The Last Vampire 6: Creatures of Forever (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61919-8, Apr ’97, £3.99, 181pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Vampire Book 5: Evil Thirst/Book 6: Creatures of Forever (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71670-3, Mar ’98, £5.99, iv+365pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Young-adult horror omnibus of the fifth and sixth novels in the series (both Pocket Archway 1996). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * _The Last Vampire: Black Blood (NEL 0-340-61170-7, Mar ’95, £3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Sequel to The Last Vampire. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Vampire: Collector’s Edition 1 (Pocket Archway 0-671-02060-9, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Last Vampire] Omnibus of the first three young-adult vampire novels in the series: The Last Vampire (1994); The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood (1994); and The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (1995). The novels are all paginated separately. (Contents)
• * *The Last Vampire: Collector’s Edition 2 (Pocket Archway 0-671-02290-3, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 539pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Last Vampire] Omnibus of three young-adult vampire novels in the series: The Last Vampire 4: Phantom (1996); The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst (1996); and The Last Vampire 6: Creatures of Forever (1996). The novels are all paginated separately. (Contents)
• * *The Last Vampire: Red Dice/Phantom (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71669-X, Feb ’98, £5.99, 373pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Omnibus of the third and fourth (Pocket Archway 1995, 1996) in the series. The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * *The Listeners (Coronet 0-340-62571-6, Oct ’94, £4.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Horror novel.
• * +The Listeners (Tor 0-812-55039-0, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Joe De Vito) Horror novel. An FBI agent investigates a channeling group that seems to have access to classified information, and taps into an ancient evil. First American edition (Coronet 1994).
• * *The Lost Mind (Pocket Archway 0-671-87269-9, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Mark Garro) Young-adult horror novel. A soul-stealer takes a teen’s memories and makes her kill. Also announced in hardcover (-87261-3, $14.00) but not seen.
• * _The Lost Mind (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61173-1, Jan ’96, £3.99, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lost Mind (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61173-1, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Second printing.
• * _Master of Murder (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58270-7, Oct ’93, £3.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1992) thriller of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Master of Murder (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-58270-7, Jan ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1992) young-adult horror novel. Sixth printing.
• * *The Midnight Club (Pocket Archway 0-671-87263-X, Feb ’94, $3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult horror novel of terminally ill teenagers. A hardcover edition (-87255-9, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Midnight Club (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61155-3, Jul ’94, £3.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Midnight Club (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61155-3, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Seventh printing.
• * *Monster (Pocket Archway 0-671-74507-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult horror novel. A girl murders two of her classmates before she’s stopped, and the reason she gives is that they’re no longer human. The terror begins when her best friend realizes that she was right and they’re not the only ones.
• * _Monster (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-59020-3, Apr ’93, £3.99, 190pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1992) young-adult horror novel, featuring extra-terrestrial vampires. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Monster (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-59020-3, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], £3.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Monster (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-59020-3, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £3.99, 190pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Archway 1992) young-adult horror novel; ninth printing.
• * *Monster and Die Softly (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61685-7, Mar ’95, £3.99, 362pp, pb) Omnibus of the two novels - one SF/horror, and a thriller of associational interest. The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * *Remember Me (Pocket Archway 0-671-67654-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Remember Me] Young-adult detective/ghost novel. The ghost of a dead girl investigates her own murder.
• * _Remember Me (Pocket 0-671-67654-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Remember Me] Reissue (Pocket 1989) young-adult detective/ghost novel; fourth printing.
• * _Remember Me (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-53236-X, Oct ’90, £2.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Pocket 1989) young-adult detective/ghost story.
• * _Remember Me (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-53236-X, Aug ’95 [Feb ’96], £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Mark Longworth) [Remember Me] Reissue (Archway 1989) young-adult horror novel. First in the series. The 10th printing.
• * _Remember Me (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-53236-X, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Archway 1989) young-adult horror novel; 14th printing.
• * *Remember Me 2: The Return (Pocket Archway 0-671-87265-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Remember Me] Young-adult horror novel about the spirit of a murdered girl allowed to return to Earth by possessing the body of a depressed teenager. A hardcover edition was announced but not seen.
• * _Remember Me 2: The Return (Hodder 0-340-61169-3, Aug ’95, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Second in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remember Me 2: The Return (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61169-3, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) [Remember Me] Reissue (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Sixth printing.
• * *Remember Me 3: The Last Story (Pocket Archway 0-671-87267-2, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Remember Me] Young-adult horror novel. Also announced in hardcover (-87259-1, $14.00) but not seen. Third in a series about a teenager who dies but is allowed to return to life to write young-adult fiction.
• * _Remember Me 3: The Last Story (Hodder 0-340-61171-5, Aug ’95, £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Third in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remember Me 3: The Last Story (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-61171-5, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) [Remember Me] Reissue (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Road to Nowhere (Pocket Archway 0-671-74508-5, Mar ’93, $3.99, 193pp, pb) Young adult horror thriller. Teresa is running away from home when she picks up two hitchikers, and their journey seems to lead further and further away from the everyday world as she encounters the supernatural around her.
• * _Road to Nowhere (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-59021-1, May ’93, £3.99, 175pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Road to Nowhere (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-59021-1, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £3.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel; eighth printing.
• * *Sati (St. Martin’s 0-312-85095-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $15.95, 217pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Fantasy novel about a trucker who picks up a hitchhiking girl who claims to be God and has powers. Pike’s first adult novel.
• * _Sati (Tor 0-812-51035-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Scott Hague) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) fantasy novel about a girl hitchhiker who claims to be god and has powers that transform the lives of the people she comes into contact with.
• * _Sati (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-59022-X, Jul ’93, £3.99, 205pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl who claims to be God. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sati (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-59022-X, Jan ’98 [Apr ’98], £4.50, 222pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Seventh printing.
• * *Scavenger Hunt (Pocket Archway 0-671-67656-3, Jul ’89, $2.95, 215pp, pb) Young-adult time-travel dark fantasy novel about a boy’s strange experiences on a late-night scavenger hunt.
• * _Scavenger Hunt (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-53037-5, Jun ’91, £3.50, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1989) young-adult horror novel. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Season of Passage (Tor 0-312-85115-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $18.95, 344pp, hc) Sf/horror novel of an evil force threatening an American expedition to Mars.
• * _The Season of Passage (Tor 0-812-51048-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Scott Hague) Reprint (Tor 1992) sf/horror novel of an evil force threatening an American expedition to Mars.
• * _The Season of Passage (NEL 0-450-61021-7, Apr ’94, £4.99, 578pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1992) SF/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *See You Later (Pocket 0-671-67657-1, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 226pp, pb) Young-adult time-travel fantasy thriller. Teenagers menaced by a killer are helped by time-travelers from the past.
• * _See You Later (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-55679-X, Oct ’92, £3.99, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) young-adult sf novel about a girl who travels back from the future in an attempt to avert a nuclear holocaust. [First U.K. edition]
• * _See You Later (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-55679-X, Jul ’97, £3.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Pocket 1990) young-adult horror/time-travel novel. Eighth printing.
• * _See You Later (Pocket Archway 0-671-02025-0, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $4.50, 226pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) Reissue (Pocket 1990) young-adult horror novel. 12th printing.
• * _Spellbound (Lightning 0-340-49908-7, Jun ’89, £2.50, 191pp, pb, cover by Davies) Reprint (Archway 1986) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spellbound (Pocket Archway 0-671-73681-7, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Reissue (Archway 1986) young-adult horror novel. 15th printing.
• * _Spellbound (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-49908-7, Jul ’97, £3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Archway 1986) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Eighth printing.
• * *Spooksville #1: The Secret Path (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-53725-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $3.50, 129pp, tp, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Spooksville] Young-adult horror novel, first in a new series about a spooky town with a doorway to another dimension.
• * *Spooksville #3: The Haunted Cave (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-53727-X, Dec ’95, $3.99, 132pp, tp, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Spooksville] Young-adult horror novel in the series about a spooky town with a doorway to another dimension.