Lerangis, Peter
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1955- ) US actor and author, who also writes as by A L Singer. His earliest books were Ties for the Hardy Boys Juvenile Series; much of his work since has been similarly directed to the Young Adult market, including his sf and fantasy, typical of which are his three titles for the Byron Preiss Time Machine Shared World sequence – The Amazing Ben Franklin (1987 chap), The Last of the Dinosaurs (1988) and Time Machine, Special Edition: World War II Code Breaker (1989). The Watchers sequence – beginning with Watchers: Last Stop (1998) and ending with Lab 6 (1999) – comprises a non-tied series of tales about a number of adolescents whose Psi Powers include the capacity to see other Dimensions as well as past times (see Time Viewer). The Yearbook (1994), written in his own right, is horror. Later sequences include the Max Tilt series beginning with Fire the Depths (2017), whose young protagonist realizes that the stories written down by his ancestor Jules Verne describe real events; and the Throwback series beginning with Throwback (2019) whose young time-traveller protagonist (see Time Travel), obsessed with World War Two, makes various attempts, against the resistance of the flow of time itself, to kill Hitler.
The Worlds of Power sequence – beginning with Worlds of Power: Blaster Master: A Novel Based on the Best-Selling Game by Sunsoft (1990), all titles as by A L Singer – is a series of Ties to games created by various design firms for the overall Nintendo Worlds of Power Videogame. The X-Isle sequence is horror. Individual Ties include a Star Trek novel, Star Trek IV, the Voyage Home (1986 chap), novelizing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); a G.I. Joe tale, The Sultan's Secret (1988); and Batman Begins: The Junior Novel (2005), novelizing Batman Begins (2005) (see Batman Films) for younger readers. [JC]
Peter Duncan Lerangis
born New York: 19 August 1955
works (selected)
series
Watchers
- Watchers: Last Stop (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1998) [Watchers: pb/]
- Watchers #2: Rewind (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1998) [Watchers: pb/]
- Watchers #3: I D (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1998) [Watchers: pb/]
- Watchers #4: War (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1999) [Watchers: pb/]
- Watchers #5: Island (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1999) [Watchers: pb/]
- Watchers #6: Lab 6 (New York: Scholastic/Little Apple Books, 1999) [Watchers: pb/]
X-Isle
- X-Isle (London: Scholastic, 2003) [X-Isle: pb/]
- Return to X-Isle (London: Scholastic, 2004) [X-Isle: pb/]
The Seven Wonders
- The Colossus Rises (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) [hb/]
- Lost in Babylon (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) [hb/]
- The Tomb of Shadows (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [hb/]
- Seven Wonders Journals: The Select and The Orphan (St Louis, Missouri: Turtleback Books, 2014) [coll: hb/]
- The Curse of the King (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [hb/]
- The Legend of the Rift (New York: HarperCollins, 2016) [hb/]
Max Tilt
- Fire the Depths (New York: HarperCollins, 2017) [Max Tilt: hb/]
- 80 Days or Die (New York: HarperCollins, 2018) [Max Tilt: hb/]
- Enter the Core (New York: HarperCollins, 2019) [Max Tilt: hb/]
Throwback
- Throwback (New York: HarperCollins, 2019) [Throwback: hb/]
- The Chaos Loop (New York: HarperCollins, 2020) [Throwback: hb/]
individual titles
- The Yearbook (New York: Scholastic, 1994) [hb/]
ties
series
Time Machine
- The Amazing Ben Franklin (New York: Bantam Books, 1987) [chap: tie to the Shared World series: Byron Preiss: Time Machine: pb/Steve Fastner]
- The Last of the Dinosaurs (New York: Bantam Books, 1988) [tie to the Shared World series: Byron Preiss: Time Machine: pb/Mark Hallett]
- Time Machine, Special Edition: World War II Code Breaker (New York: Bantam Books, 1989) [tie to the Shared World series: Byron Preiss: Time Machine: pb/Steve Fastner]
Worlds of Power
- Worlds of Power: Blaster Master: A Novel Based on the Best-Selling Game by Sunsoft (New York: Scholastic, 1990) as by A L Singer [tie to the Nintendo Videogame universe: Worlds of Power: pb/]
- Worlds of Power: Ninja Gaiden: A Novel Based on the Best-Selling Game by Tecmo (New York: Scholastic, 1991) as by A L Singer [tie to the Nintendo Videogame universe: Worlds of Power: pb/]
- Worlds of Power: Infiltrator: A Novel Based on the Best-Selling Game by Mindscape (New York: Scholastic, 1991) as by A L Singer [tie to the Nintendo Videogame universe: Worlds of Power: pb/]
- Worlds of Power: Bases Loaded II: Second Season: A Novel Based on the Best-Selling Game by Jalesco (New York: Scholastic, 1991) as by A L Singer [tie to the Nintendo Videogame universe: Worlds of Power: pb/]
individual titles (ties)
- Star Trek IV, the Voyage Home (New York: Simon and Schuster/Wanderer, 1986) [chap: tie to the film: for younger readers: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: pb/]
- The Sultan's Secret (New York: Ballantine Books, 1988) [tie: G.I. Joe: pb/]
- Little Monsters (New York: Scholastic/Point, 1989) as by A L Singer [tie to the film: Little Monsters (1989): pb/]
- The Rescuers: Down Under (New York: Scholastic/Point, 1990) as by A L Singer [tie to the film: The Rescuers: Down Under (1990): pb/]
- Beauty and the Beast (New York: Disney Press, 1991) as by A L Singer [tie to the film: Beauty and the Beast (1991): hb/]
- Sleepy Hollow (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) [tie to the film: pb/]
- The Sixth Sense (New York: Scholastic, 2000) [tie to the film: pb/]
- Batman Begins: The Junior Novel (New York: Scholastic, 2005) [tie to the film: pb/]
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