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Renowned science fiction writer william sleator, a master of the macabre who wrote primarily for young adults, died on august 3 at age 66. Interstellar pig 9780553255645 by william sleator and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. He mainly wrote science fiction novels for young adults. Free download or read online hell phone pdf epub book. Eventually, sleator returned to the united states to write his first novel, blackbriar, eventually published in 1972, which was based on real life experiences. Buy the house of stairs by william sleator online at alibris. William sleator, author of dozens of wildly popular science fiction and horror novels for young adults, died aug. Lerner, fred, a teachers guide to the bantam starfire novels of william sleator, bantam new york, ny, 1990. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
I first encountered william sleators work in the mid1980s, when i got a copy of the green futures of tycho from little professor books across from the supercuts. According to the new york times, the cause of death was unknown, though sleators brother, daniel, said his brother had problems with alcoholism and had been having seizures for several years. More about this book finalist national book awards 1982 get this book. William sleator was one of the very few ya authors i loved when i was young. A caldecott honor recipient, science fiction author william sleator presents a fastpaced, chilling fantasy booklist of one girls unexpected adventure beyond her imagaination. Peter main character mom and dad eloise peters best friend kurt meyer bully asked in authors, poets, and playwrights.
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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 176 pages and is available in paperback format. Test ebook by william sleator 97816120026 rakuten kobo. A riveting suspense novel with an antibehaviorist message that works, despite the lack of subtlety or originality, because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events. I felt the story started sluggishly, but once it got moving, i became caught up in the catandmouse aspect of the main characters dilemma. It all starts when martins dad decides to move to a new apartment on the seventeenth floor.
William sleator author of house of stairs goodreads. In the book rewind by william sleator what is the name of the characters. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 252 pages and is available in hardcover format. For more than thirty years, william sleator thrilled readers with his inventive books. Books by william sleator authors like william sleator what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. Discount prices on books by william sleator, including titles like blackbriar. The horn book william sleator is the author of many enormously popular science fiction and suspense thrillers for young adults, including the spirit house, the prequel to this novel. The story opens with peter, the main character, dying in a car accident. He graduated from university city high school in 1963, from harvard in 1967 with bas in music and english. William sleator has 35 books on goodreads with 55251 ratings. William sleator books list of books by author william.
His house of stairs was named one of the best novels of the twentieth century by the young adult library services association. His house of stairs was named one of the best novels of the twentieth. Buy a cheap copy of house of stairs book by william sleator. Martin, a thin twelveyearold, felt nervous in it from the first day he and his father moved into the apartment. William sleator books list of books by william sleator. Five sixteenyearolds, all of them orphans from institutions, are separately blindfolded and taken to an enormous, mystifying enclosure, consisting of nothing but an endless series of flights of stairs, which is later. Peter is given the chance to go back and try to change events so that he not only lives, but lives a better life than before the accident. Pdf hell phone book by william sleator free download.
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William sleators most popular book is house of stairs. William sleator 19452011 was the author of numerous science fiction books for children and young adults, including interstellar pig, house of stairs, and blackbriar. Free download or read online house of stairs pdf epub book. William sleator obituary science fiction books the guardian. After college, sleator moved to england, earning money by playing music in ballet schools. Singularity by william sleator, house of stairs by william sleator, interstellar pig by william sleator, the boy who. An interview with william sleator, ya novelist huffpost. William sleators rewind transcends time as well as space. Every day gary wants her to wheel him through their huge. The main characters of this horror, young adult story are. The elevator by william sleator it was an old building with an old elevatora very small elevator, with a maximum capacity of three people. Martin has this one fear though and it is about the elevator.
One by one, five sixteenyearold orphans are brought to a strange building. His unease blossoms into fullblown anxiety when the family. He starts to take the stairs everyday but his dad calls him timid so he tries out the elevator. His first published book was a childrens story called the angry moon, released in 1970. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. For more than thirty years, william sleator has thrilled readers with his inventive books. His other significant novels include his first, blackbriar 1972, singularity 1985, the boy who reversed himself 1986, the duplicate 1988.
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