Costello, Matthew J
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1948- ) US author, almost exclusively of fantasy and horror, under his own name, which is sometimes given as Matt Costello, and as by Chris Blaine and Shane Christopher; he began publishing fiction of genre interest with Sleep Tight (1987), a rather mild-mannered horror novel for Young Adult readers, and has continued in this vein prolifically. Of sf interest is the Time Warrior sequence beginning with Time Warrior #1: Time of the Fox (1990), featuring the Time Travel adventures (and world time-line maintaining exploits) of two adolescents trapped initially in World War Two, though their attempts to keep the history of the world stable take them back, as well, to the time of King Arthur. Also of some sf interest are seaQuest DSV: The Fire Below (1994) and King Kong: The Island of the Skull (2005), the latter being set before the events of the remake of King Kong (2005) itself. [JC]
Matthew John Costello
born 1948
works (highly selected)
series
Time Warrior
- Time Warrior #1: Time of the Fox (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1990) [Time Warrior: pb/Bruce Jensen]
- Time Warrior #2: Hour of the Scorpion (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1991) [Time Warrior: pb/]
- Time Warrior #3: Day of the Snake (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1992) [Time Warrior: pb/]
Doom
- Doom 3: Worlds on Fire (New York: Pocket Books/Star, 2008) [tie to the Videogame Doom: Doom: pb/Robert Hunt]
- Doom 3: Maelstrom (New York: Pocket Books/Star, 2009) [tie to the Videogame Doom: Doom: pb/Robert Hunt]
individual titles
- Sleep Tight (New York: Zebra Books, 1987) [pb/]
- Revolt on Majipoor: A Crossroads Adventures in the World of Robert Silverberg's Majipoor (New York: Tor, 1987) [tie to Majipoor: Robert Silverberg: in the publisher's Crossroads Adventure Gamebook series: pb/Doug Beekman]
- Fate's Trick: A Crossroads Adventures in the World of Robert Heinlein's Glory Road (New York: Tor, 1988) [Robert A Heinlein: in the publisher's Crossroads Adventure Gamebook series: pb/David Cherry]
- Homecoming (New York: Berkley Books, 1992) [pb/]
- seaQuest DSV: The Fire Below (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [tie to the television series: seaQuest DSV: pb/Danilo Ducak]
- Mirage (London: Headline Feature, 1996) with F Paul Wilson [hb/]
- Masque (New York: Warner Books/Aspect, 1998) with F Paul Wilson [hb/Fred Gambino]
- Artifact (New York: Tor/Forge, 2003) with Kevin J Anderson, Janet Berliner and F Paul Wilson [hb/Tony Greco]
- King Kong: The Island of the Skull (New York: Pocket Star, 2005) [tie as prequel to the film: King Kong: pb/]
- Rage (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2011) [tie: novelization of the First Person Shooter game: Rage: pb/Stephan Martinière]
- Vacation (New York: St Martin's, 2011) [hb/]
- Star Road (New York: St Martin's Dunne, 2011) with Rick Hautala [hb/]
nonfiction
- How to Write Science Fiction (New York: Paragon House, 1992) [nonfiction: pb/]
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