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Ciencin, Scott

(1962-    ) US author and Comics writer who has published as by Richard Awlinson and as by Nick Baron as well as under his own name. Much of Ciencin's sizeable output is Fantasy, chiefly Ties to Shared World enterprises (such as Forgotten Realms, titles not listed below, where the Awlinson name was used). Tied franchises of direct sf interest to which he has contributed include the Alternate World of James Gurney's Dinotopia Digest, the Superhero Comics-based Gen¹³, Godzilla spinoffs for younger readers, Jurassic Park Adventures tied to Jurassic Park III (2001) (see Jurassic Park) – again for younger readers – Robert Silverberg's Robert Silverberg's Time Tours (here writing as by Nick Baron) and Transformers.

In Ciencin's Young Adult Dinoverse sequence – beginning with Dinoverse (1999; vt I Was a Teenage T. Rex 2000) – a high-school science fair Invention combines Timeslip and Identity Transfer effects, sending teenagers' minds millions of years back into prehistory for light-hearted adventures in the borrowed bodies of assorted Dinosaurs. [DRL/JC]

Malcolm Scott Ciencin

born 1 September 1962

works (selected)

series

Dinoverse

• Dinoverse (New York: Random House, 1999) [Dinoverse: hb/Adrian Chesterman]
  • I Was a Teenage T. Rex (New York: Random House, 2000) [vt of the above: Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]
• The Teens Time Forgot (New York: Random House, 2000) [Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]
• Raptor Without a Cause (New York: Random House, 2000) [Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]
• Please Don't Eat the Teacher! (New York: Random House, 2000) [Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]
• Beverly Hills Brontosaurus (New York: Random House, 2000) [Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]
• Dinosaurs Ate My Homework (New York: Random House, 2000) [Dinoverse: pb/Adrian Chesterman]

tied series

Robert Silverberg's Time Tours

• Glory's End (New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1990) as by Nick Baron [tie: Robert Silverberg's Time Tours: pb/Kevin Johnson]
• The Pirate Paradox (New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1991) as by Nick Baron, with Greg Cox [tie: Robert Silverberg's Time Tours: pb/Kevin Johnson]

Dinotopia Digest

• Windchaser (New York: Random House, 1995) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• Lost City (New York: Random House, 1996) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• Sabertooth Mountain (New York: Random House, 1996) with John Vornholt [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• Thunderfalls (New York: Random House, 1996) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• Sky Dance (New York: Random House, 1999) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• Return to the Lost City (New York: Random House, 2000) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]
• The Explorers (New York: Random House, 2001) [tie: Dinotopia Digest: pb/]

Godzilla

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (New York: Random House, 1996) [tie: Godzilla: pb/]
• Godzilla Invades America (New York: Random House, 1997) [tie: Godzilla: pb/]
• Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island (New York: Random House, 1998) [tie: Godzilla: pb/]
• Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (New York: Random House, 1998) [tie: Godzilla: pb/]

Jurassic Park/Jurassic Park Adventures

• Jurassic Park III: Junior Novelization (New York: Random House, 2001) [tie to Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park: pb/]
• Jurassic Park Adventures: Survivor (New York: Random House, 2001) [tie to Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park Adventures: pb/]
• Jurassic Park Adventures: Prey (New York: Random House, 2001) [tie to Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park Adventures: pb/]
• Jurassic Park Adventures: Flyers (New York: Random House, 2002) [tie to Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park Adventures: pb/]

Buffy: the Vampire Slayer

• Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: Sweet Sixteen (New York: Simon Pulse, 2002) [Buffy: the Vampire Slayer: pb/]
• Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: Mortal Fear (New York: Simon Pulse, 2003) with Denise Ciencin [Buffy: the Vampire Slayer: pb/]

Angel

• Angel; Vengeance (New York: Simon Pulse, 2002) with Dan Jolley [Angel: pb/]
• Angel: Nemesis (New York: Simon Pulse, 2004) with Denise Ciencin [Angel: pb/]

Transformers: War Against the Keepers

• Hardwired (New York: ibooks, 2003) [tie: #1: Transformers: War Against the Keepers: pb/]
• Fusion (New York: ibooks, 2004) [tie: #3: Transformers: War Against the Keepers: pb/]
  • Transformers Trilogy (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2004) [omni of the above two plus #2 Annihilation (2003) by Russell Davis writing as David Cian: tie: Transformers: War Against the Keepers: hb/]

Charmed

• Charmed: Luck Be a Lady (New York: Simon Spotlight, 2004) [Charmed: pb/]
• Charmed: Light of the World (New York: Simon Spotlight, 2006) [Charmed: pb/]
• Charmed: High Spirits (New York: Simon Spotlight, 2007) [Charmed: pb/]

individual titles

• Virtual Destruction (New York: Zebra Books, 1995) as by Nick Baron [pb/]
• Time and Chance (New York: Ace Books, 2001) with Jeff Marriotte [Gen¹³: pb/]

works as editor

• Star Trek: S.C.E. Book 7: Breakdowns (New York: Pocket Books, 2005) with Keith R A DeCandido, Heather Jarman, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore [anth: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek: Star Trek: S.C.E.: pb/Zucca Design]

links

• Scott Ciencin
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 05:15 am on 19 April 2024.
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