Bud plant comic art audio books online audiobookstand. I started reading them when i was about and was convinced that when i got to high school, i would suddenly be pretty and know how to talk about sex, and possibly even have it, because thats how they did it in the cp world. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. He was born in new york, but grew up in california where he lives today. Steve calvert christopher pike weekend is the story of four guys and five girls who spend a weekend together at a luxury oceanside mansion in mexico. Christopher pike ebooks epub and pdf format christopher pike ebooks.
His books were well written and generally scary, with realistic characters and genuine plot twists. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Pike has published around 70 books, but he has precisely 18 plot devices in his arsenal. He took on various jobs before writing slumber party, weekend, and chain letter, all of which became bestsellers. Im christopher pike, author of more than fifty teen thrillers, including the thirst, remember me, and chain letter series. Christopher pike is a bestselling author of young adult novels. So before i delve into the sample of 7 books i researched for this purpose, allow me to introduce you to christopher pikes favorite literary devices. When an editor at avon books suggested that he write a teen thriller, he wrote slumber party, which was published in 1985 and went on to a. The series centers around what a recent high school graduate, shari cooper, does after dying, having been murdered at a friends party.
Christopher pike the season of passage free ebook download as. The old gang was getting together for the first time in years. Theyre doing a gig at a nearby air force bar on the weekend, and everyone knows fred is the real talent and pressures him to perform a little. See all books authored by christopher pike, including thirst no. Christopher pike 1954 christopher pike is the pseudonym of kevin mcfadden born november, 1954, an american writer. Download christopher pike collection torrent or any other torrent from ebooks category.
It still rang different than the fear street books, a bit more robust than those other ones and still vaguely pike, but this book is where the trend started and even here i think it stands out against the rest. In 1984, christopher pike published a young adult thriller called slumber party. She didnt give sight to the blind or raise the dead. Below is a list of christopher pikes books in order of when they were first released and in.
By realchristopherpike ongoing updated dec 08, 2015. Download christopher pike collection torrent kickasstorrents. The thirst series, the secret of ka, and the remember me and alosha trilogies are some. Download and read online for free ebooks written by christopher pike. Its interesting to note that pikes competition, rl stine, wrote books far more proper and prim and yet somehow enjoyed not only greater sales but a scarier. Few biographical details are known about the author, but he was born in brooklyn and held various jobs while. The cage megan shepherd hardcover harpercollins publishers. Buy slumber party by christopher pike online at alibris. Heading off for a weekend in las vegas with her friends, jessie ralle has only one worryhow to make it through the road trip in. Christopher pike is a director and producer, known for the hunted 2016 and exploring seneca 2015. I blurted out christopher pike on the spur of the moment, the author recalled.
Christopher pike is the pseudonym of kevin christopher mcfadden, one of americas most popular young adult fiction writers. What could be better than six single girls out for sun and ski and apres ski plus a huge house and a warm fire. Buy a cheap copy of the party book by christopher pike. Christopher pikes first book, slumber party, basically created the point horror genre. How to find that book youve spent years looking for utne reader. Christopher pikes thrilling slumber party in a fantastic new point package. In preparation for their long slumber, they had been put on a.
It seems that many readers shared my morbid childhood enthusiasm for christopher pike alison flood mon 3 sep 2012 07. The eternal dawn, book 7 in pikes last vampire series makes oblique references to the twilight book series, e. As they become snowbound, things heat up for the killer in their midst. Slumber party by christopher pike book cover, description, publication history. Slumber party by christopher pike fantastic fiction. In his early years, before he become a successful author, he dropped college and had jobs like house painter and computer programming. Christopher pike books had just enough cursing, violence, and suggestions of sex to keep our preteen selves interested, but not enough to make our parents ban. Paperback published in 2004, 0590334093 paperback published in 1985, 0340529253 paperback published in 1990, 8845127877. If i want to be scared, ill read some king, koontz, or mccammon. When mesa high closes, more than half of the students are sent to tabb high, including jessica hart and her best.
In weekend, another group of friends partying at a remote tropical beach manor are forced to confront an ugly event in. There is white sand and rolling surf, so it should be very pleasant, but what with the explosion and the dead. Christopher pike ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Slumber party by pike, christopher, 1954publication date 2004 topics horror stories. Ive never quite understood his success, but teens seem to adore his work. He is a bestselling author of young adult and childrens fiction.
Slumber party isnt all that different from the book. Christopher pike the season of passage extraterrestrial life mars. Christopher pike pseudonym of american author kevin christopher mcfadden. In slumber party, mysterious events begin to unfold around a group of friends vacationing at a ski resort. Remember me is a book series written by christopher pike, a bestselling author of young adult novels. It was much more standard teen horror fare without any of his deeper insinuations. Christopher pike was always my favorite of the teen horror writers. Christopher pike ruled ya horror in the late 80s and early 90s and is still producing his twisty brand of chills today. The book was an immediate success and pikes career as a young adult author took. Kevin christopher mcfadden, who is best know as christopher pike is an american author. Pike, christopher article about pike, christopher by the. The pike sisters tackle the first of christopher pike s books, slumber party. Christopher pike made his debut as a novelist in 1985, writing an installment of the multiauthor cheerleader series, titled getting even as well as his first ya thriller slumber party. Neither he nor the publishing community realized that this was the beginning.
The thirst series, the secret of ka, and the remember me and alosha trilogies are some of his favorite titles. He was born on november 12, 1955 in new york but grew up in california and now living in santa barbara. Christopher pike books biography and list of works. He is also the author of several adult novels, including sati and the season of passage. Mcfadden began writing mystery and science fiction novels after leaving college, but he was unable to publish them.
The book ends with the cat visiting the grave of the ghost boy and we realize that hes name is bud. This juicy volume features two classic christopher pike thrillers. Proof that christopher pike wrote some pretty fuckedup books for teens. Christopher pike s first book, slumber party, basically created the point horror genre. Christopher pike is the pseudonym of american author kevin christopher mcfadden born november 12, 1955. Christopher pike is the author of more than fifty teen and adult thrillers, including the thirst series, remember me, witch world and strange girl. But so far, only one of his books has been made into a movie.
Buy slumber party paperback softback by christopher pike isbn. Thirst and alosha are slated to be released as feature films. His first attempt resulted in the 1985 novel slumber party, a book about a group of teenagers who run into bizarre and violent events during a ski weekend. Pikes own novels, though written in the kind of workmanlike prose common to ya novels of the 90s, were chockfull of grisly plots, wicked deaths, and a healthy dose of teenage sex. Proof that christopher pike wrote some pretty fuckedup. Pike, christopher pop culture c hristopher pike is the pseudonym of kevin mcfadden 1961 one of the most popular writers of juvenile literature today. I wrote remember me twentyeight years ago but it remains one of my most popular books and im excited to be sharing it with new young readers here on wattpad. When an editor at avon books suggested that he write a teen thriller, he wrote slumber party, which was published in 1985 and went on to a bestseller. This was published in 1985 and is everything an 80s book should be. Christopher pike is scarily repetitive forever young adult. Neither he nor the publishing community realized that this was the beginning of a revol. Christopher pike primary author only author division. Christopher pike is currently considered a single author.
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