Kaye, Marilyn
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1949- ) US author who has also written as Shannon Blair and whose first work of interest to the field of the fantastic was her PhD thesis for the University of Chicago, The Nature of Didacticism as Related to Romance and Sexuality in Young Adult Novels, 1965-1978 (1983 microfilm). Her work is almost entirely devoted to Young Adult tales, usually in series. Of sf interest are four series in particular. The Out of This World sequence, beginning with Out of This World #1: Max on Earth (1986) and ending with Out of This World: Max All Over (1989), traces the effects of an Alien on a group of young people. The Last on Earth sequence comprising Last on Earth: The Vanishing (1998), Last on Earth: The Convergence (1998) and Last on Earth: The Return (1999) features a group of students who find themselves the only survivors after a worldwide Disaster. The replica sequence – beginning with replica: Amy, Number Seven (1998) and ending twenty-three volumes later with replica: Amy on Her Own (2002) and the three volumes of replica: The Plague Trilogy – focuses initially on the Clone Amy, one of thirteen identical sisters, most of whom share her Psi Powers, but ramifies throughout a wide Near Future setting dominated by a spreading Pandemic. The Gifted sequence, beginning with Out of Sight, Out of Mind (2009), focuses on a group of nine high school students, each of whom has a different power; nine volumes are projected. [JC]
Marilyn Janice Kaye
born New Britain, Connecticut: 1949
works
series
Out of This World
- Out of This World #1: Max on Earth (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1986) [Out of This World: pb/Kathy Wyatt]
- Out of This World #2: Max in Love (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1986) [Out of This World: pb/Kathy Wyatt]
- Out of This World #3: Max on Fire (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1986) [Out of This World: pb/Kathy Wyatt]
- Out of This World #4: Max Flips Out (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1986) [Out of This World: pb/]
- Out of This World #5: Max Goes Bad (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1989) [Out of This World: pb/Richard Dunn]
- Out of This World #6: Max All Over (New York: Pocket Books/Archway, 1989) [Out of This World: pb/Richard Dunn]
Last on Earth
- Last on Earth: The Vanishing (New York: Avon Books, 1998) [Last on Earth: pb/]
- Last on Earth: The Convergence (New York: Avon Books, 1998) [Last on Earth: pb/]
- Last on Earth: The Return (New York: Avon Books, 1999) [Last on Earth: pb/]
replica
- replica: Amy, Number Seven (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1998) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Pursuing Amy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1998) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Another Amy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Perfect Girls (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Secret Clique (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: And the Two Shall Meet (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Best of the Best (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Mystery Mother (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Fever (New York: Bantam Skylark, 1999) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Ice Cold (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Lucky Thirteen (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: In Search of Andy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Substitute (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Beginning (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Transformation (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2000) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Happy Birthday, Dear Amy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Missing Pieces (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Return of the Perfect Girls (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Dreamcrusher (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Like Father, Like Son (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Virtual Amy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: All About Andy (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2001) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: War of the Clones (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2002) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: Amy on Her Own (New York: Bantam Skylark, 2002) [replica: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Plague Trilogy I: Rewind (New York: Random House/Bantam Skylark, 2002) [replica: Plague Trilogy: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Plague Trilogy II: Play (New York: Random House/Bantam Skylark, 2002) [replica: Plague Trilogy: pb/Craig White]
- replica: The Plague Trilogy III: Fast Forward (New York: Random House/Bantam Skylark, 2002) [replica: Plague Trilogy: pb/Craig White]
Camp Sunnyside Friends
Only one title in this sequence has supernatural content.
- Camp Sunnyside Friends #7: A Witch in Cabin Six (New York: Avon Camelot, 1990) [Camp Sunnyside Friends: pb/]
Gifted
- Gifted: Out of Sight, Out of Mind (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2009) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted: Better Late Than Never (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2009) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2009) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted Volume 1: Amanda, Jenna, Emily (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2012) [omni of the above three: Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted: Finders Keepers (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2010) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted: Now You See Me (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2010) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted: Speak No Evil (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2011) [Gifted: pb/]
- Gifted Volume 2: Ken, Tracey, Carter (New York: Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2012) [omni of the above three: Gifted: pb/]
individual titles
- Dream Lover (Mahwah, New Jersey: WestWind (Troll), 1995) [pb/]
- Demon Chick (New York: Henry Hold, 2009) [hb/]
nonfiction
- The Nature of Didacticism as Related to Romance and Sexuality in Young Adult Novels, 1965-1978 (Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago, 1983) [nonfiction: microfilm: na/]
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