The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _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- ) (chron.)

• * *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.

_____, 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. 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) (chron.)

• * *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)

PINKWATER, JILL (stories)

• * _Wallpaper from Space (with Daniel M. Pinkwater) See entry under Daniel M. Pinkwater

PINN, PAUL E. (stories)

• * *Scattered Remains (Tanjen 1-901530-05-1, Oct ’97, £6.99, 209pp, tp) Collection of 21 stories, five of which seem to be original. (Contents) [Not seen]

PIPER, H(enry) BEAM (1904-1964) (stories)

• * *The Complete Fuzzy (Ace 0-441-00581-0, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $15.00, 454pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Fuzzy] SF omnibus of three “Fuzzy” novels: Little Fuzzy (Avon 1962), Fuzzy Sapiens (Avon 1964 as The Other Human Race), and Fuzzies and Other People (Ace 1984). (Contents)
• * _Empire (Ace 0-441-20558-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 242pp, pb) [Terra-Human Future History] Reissue (Ace 1981) collection, Book Two of the “Terra-Human Future History” series. Fifth printing.
• * _Federation (Ace 0-441-23191-8, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 284pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1981) collection of 5 stories, with a preface by Jerry E. Pournelle and editorial notes by John F. Carr.
• * _Four-Day Planet & Lonestar Planet (Ace 0-441-24892-6, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.95, 340pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1979) omnibus edition of Four-Day Planet (1961) and Lonestar Planet (originally A Planet for Texans, written with John J. McGuire, 1958).
• * *Fuzzies and Other People (Ace 0-441-26176-0, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Fuzzy] The famous “lost” novel, third in the “Fuzzy” series.
• * _Fuzzies and Other People (SFBC #2759, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $4.98, 183pp, hc) [Fuzzy] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel, first hardcover edition.
• * _Fuzzy Sapiens (Ace 0-441-26195-7, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 235pp, pb) [Fuzzy] Reissue (Avon 1964 as The Other Human Race) sf novel, sequel to Little Fuzzy. 8th Ace printing. The copyright page falsely claims Ace as the original publisher of the series.
• * _Little Fuzzy (Ace 0-441-48497-2, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 174pp, pb) [Fuzzy] Reissue (Avon 1962) sf novel, first in the “Fuzzy” series; 9th Ace printing.
• * _Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (Ace 0-441—49055-7, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.75, 215pp, pb) [Kalvan; Paratime Police] Reissue (Ace 1965) sf novel.
• * _Murder in the Gunroom (Old Earth Books 1-882968-02-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $15.00, 243pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1953) associational mystery novel. A facsimile edition of Piper’s first book, with a long biographical introduction and a complete bibliography by L. Fred Ramsey. There were 955 copies printed. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951. Please add $3.00 for shipping.
• * _Paratime (Ace 0-441-65171-2, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Paratime Police] Reissue (Ace 1981) collection; 5th printing.

PIRANHA, CHAD (stories)

• * *Pointless Horror (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67082-7, Oct ’96, £3.50, 217pp, pb) Pseudonymous young-adult collection of two spoof horror novels. (Contents)

PIRANI, ADAM

• * *The Complete Gerry Anderson Episode Guide (Titan 1-85286-216-5, Nov ’89, £8.99, 168pp, tp) Complete guide to all the Gerry Anderson series from Twizzle to Dick Spanner.

PIRINÇCI, AKIF (1959- )

• * *Felidae (Villard 0-679-42069-X, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $19.00, 292pp, hc, cover by Jim Warren) [Felidae] Literary fantasy thriller featuring a house cat named Francis determined to discover who has been decapitating cats in his neighborhood. Translated from the German by Ralph Noble. Originally published in Germany by Wilhelm Goldmann in 1989.
• * *Felidae (Fourth Estate 1-85702-207-6, Jul ’94, £4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) [Felidae] Surreal murder story narrated by a cat. Translated from the German (Goldmann 1989) by Ralph Noble.
• * *Felidae on the Road (Fourth Estate 1-85702-204-1, Jul ’94, £13.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Jim Warren) [Felidae] Second in the surreal mysteries narrated by a cat. Sequel to Felidae. Translated from the German (Goldmann 1994) by Anthea Bell.

PIRONE, JAMES

• * *Jake Montana: A Matter of Destiny (with Paula Sweeney) (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-072-6, 1993 [Apr ’98], $5.00, 123pp, tp) [Jake Montana] Young-adult fantasy mystery, first in the series featuring Jake Montana, a young Native American with shamanistic powers. Jake’s visions help stop development of an ancient burial ground. This is dated 1993, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Royal Fireworks. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; (914) 726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.