Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 09:36:48 -0600 From: "Freda Whaley Firn Tec for Beulah Elem." I made this list by copying off what was on the back of the book about the story. You should be able to order most of these books from any book store. I tried to keep my opinion's out of the list (well, I "did" try) so you can decided on your own weither or not you like a book. Enjoy: --------------- start of book list --------------- Quantum Leap Books Published by: Citadel Press Book, Carol Publishing Group "The Quantum Leap Book" by Louis Chunovic ISBN 78086 513744 This book features interviews with Scott and Deane plus the series creator and executive producer Donald Bellisario and co- executive producer Deborah Pratt. There also are synopses of the first 51 episodes (with some mistakes) and has a lot of behind the scenes photographs, storyboards, and sketches. ____________________________________________________________ Published by: Pioneer Books, Inc. 5715 N. Balsam Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89130 "Making a Quantum Leap" by Scott Nance ISBN 1 55698 312 3 The back of this book says: A quantum Leap Primer. Answers to 23 most common questions. Biographies of Stars Bakula and Stockwell. Complete Episode Guide (keep in mind it was printed in 1992). The real story behind the controversial episodes and an exclusive guide to fanzines, clubs and more. I would say that everything in this book is a direct quote from the ftp files at ziggy.cisco.com. However it has some great black and white pictures although not as many as the Louis Chunovic book. A few of these I hadn't seen any place else. Note: This book was published in 1992. It is not easy to find. I got my copy from a friend in Canada. ____________________________________________________________ Published by: Boxtree Limited Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL "Quantum Leap The Beginning" by Julie Robitaille ISBN 1-85283-392-0 It is the mid-1990's. Sam Beckett, a brilliant scientist, is the creator of the Quantum Leap project - the possibility of moving back and forth through the years of your own lifetime. But one night his project goes terribly wrong, and Sam is transported back to 1956 by mistake. When he wakes up, he is suffering from amnesia, in the body of test pilot Captain Hank Stratton - which is a problem, as he doesn't know how to fly! When the project's computer hits on the theory that God, or Time, or Something, was waiting for Sam's Quantum Leap to correct a mistake in Stratton's life. Sam must find out what the mistake was, and put things right. Only then will he be able to return to the future. Note: Taken from Pilot Movie (aka "Genesis") *** "Quantum Leap The Ghost and the Gumshoe" by Julie Robitaille ISBN 1-85283-397-1 Sam Leaps back in time and finds himself in a cemetery where he sees Troian, a beautiful but griefstricken young woman. On seeing Sam, the woman drags him into a mausoleum where he is confronted by the tomb of Julian Claridge. The woman then tells Sam she is Julian Claridge's widow. So the scene is set for a supernatural mystery. Sam realizes he has Leapt into the life of Dr. Timothy Mintz, a ghost buster who has been sent to help Troian find out whether it is the voice of her drowned husband that keeps haunting her, or whether it is someone very much from the land of the living who is trying to drive Troian mad. Note: Taken from "A Portrait for Troian" and "Play It Again, Seymour" ____________________________________________________________ The rest of the books are original stories. These are published by ACE, but I think they are published by Boxtree in England. You'll have to check. "The Novel" by Ashley McConnell (known as Carny Knowledge in England) ISBN 0-441-69322-9 Trapped in the body of a 1950s carnival worker, Sam Beckett learns the true meaning of thrills and chills. According to Al, Sam's holographic contact with the future, a roller coaster will derail in four days... The accident will result in seven deaths...And Sam's chances of stopping it are-one in a million. *** "Too Close for Comfort" by Ashley McConnell ISBN 0-441-69323-7 When Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into the middle of a men's encounter group,circa 1990, he meets...Al? Not the holographic Al from the near-future,but a younger, soul-searching Al, beating his naked chest in a mock-tribal quest for his primitive nature! It all seems pretty funny to Sam-except for the fact that his mission could make or break the Quantum Leap Project..for All time. *** "The Wall" by Ashley McConnell ISBN 0-441-00015-0 Germany, 1961. A rigid world of dangerous politics and strife. The Berlin Wall is under construction. And Dr. Sam Beckett has leaped into the life of a six-year-old girl...As Missy, he feels small and helpless. What can a child do to alter the fate of Germany and the world? Sam is about to find out-when he leaps again into the adult Missy. On the day the Wall come stumbling down. *** "Prelude" By Ashley McConnell ISBN 0-441-00076-2 Dr.Sam Beckett wasn't always a leaper. And Admiral Al Calavicci wasn't always a holographic image. In 1993, at Stallion's Gate, New Mexico, Sam and Al were ordinary men with extraordinary ambitions. Project Quantum Leap was only a dream. What was the secret that made Ziggy much more than a machine? Why did Sam really want to travel in time? Where was Al that fateful winter night? And who almost destroyed the dream before it began? The answers are just a leap away... Note: this one takes up where "To Close for Comfort" leaves off, but you don't have to read one to enjoy the other. *** "Knights of the Morningstar" by Melanie Rawn ISBN 0-441-00092-4 When the blue light fades after his latest Leap, Dr. Sam Beckett finds himself wielding a sword and facing a man in full armor. No, Sam hasn't leaped into the court of King Arthur. He's jousting his way through a medieval recreation group, battling for the hand of a fair lady. But sword fighting isn't the only challenge Sam faces. A sinister new player has entered the game. Someone who threatens not only the Project, but Sam's life as well. Another Leaper. *** "Search and Rescue" by Melissa Crandall ISBN 0-441-00122-X The thunder rolls over the desert in New Mexico, and Sam Beckett leaps into a man named Philip Payne, a doctor involved in the search for a plane that went down in the wilds of British Columbia. The lighting flashes and Project Observer Al Calavicci also leaps, into a passenger on the plane.Now Sam must race against time and the forces of nature for the sake of a father and daughter at bitter odds and for the life of his friend. *** "Random Measure" by Ashley McConnell ISBN # 0-441-00182-3 Lovers and Leapers... will death do them part? Sam's got trouble. He's leaped into a young half-breed Indian named Wickie - with no background, no mission, and no word from Al. Meanwhile, Al's found something more interesting than Sam's mission. A beautiful woman named Janna... Janna Calavicci. As in Mrs. Al Calavicci. But marital bliss may be short-lived as time runs out for Sam. And Al must make a deadly choice. Because helping Sam could change more than Wickie's future. It could erase Janna from his life forever... Note: Book is dedicated to the memory of Dennis Wolfberg *** Published by Boulevard Books, New York "Pulitzer" by L. Elizabeth Storm ISBN # 1-57297-022-7 A Leap for an Unknown Soldier. Maryland, 1975. Sam has leaped into a psychiatrist at Bethesda Naval Hospital. A newly released POW just off the plane from Vietnam - a Lieutenant John Doe - has been admitted for psychiatric evaluation. But when Sam walks into Doe's room for the first time, he realizes this soldier has a name to go with his face: Lieutenant Al Calavicci. Now Sam must think fast, because some unhappy Pentagon officials have questions for Al. Questions about his imprisonment, his captors, and his reported treason against the United States of America. Note: This is an "Al lovers" must. *** "Quantum Leap A to Z" by Julie Barrett ISBN # 1-57297-044-8 Definitions of Quantum Leap Terms A Complete Episode Guide The Laws of Quantum Leaping The Life Story of Sam Beckett Little-Known Legends and Lore Al Calavicci's incredible Past The History of Ziggy Containing detailed references to names, places and events from the ground-breaking, award-winning television series, Quantum Leap A to Z is the definitive guide to the world of Sam Beckett and is essential to both old and new Quantum Leap fans. *** "Double or Nothing" by C. J. Henderson ISBN # 1-57297-0555-3 One Leap, Two Bodies...May 10, 1986: Sam leaps into a hard-living trucker, faced with family and financial disaster. May 10, 1986: Sam leaps into a brilliant university professor, a man who seems to have it all. Back at the Project, Ziggy announces she is sick, the man in the Waiting Room won't wake up, and Al-unable to contact Sam-is feeling increasingly desperate. As of May 10, 1986, Sam is on a collision course with himself-trapped in twin brothers who are mortal enemies. (Note: I don't know anyone who liked this book. You decided) *** "Odyssey" by Barbara E. Walton ISBN # 1-57297-092-8 In 1983, in a small town in upstate New York, Sam Beckett has a problem. He's Leaped into a brilliant but troubled boy named Sean O'Connor, who's part of a gifted students' program called Olympics of the Mind. The program is about to be canceled, and if it is, Ziggy says terrible things will happen to Sean and his friends as they grow up. But how can a twelve-year-old boy put right what is about to go wrong? In 1999, in the center of the secret project knows as Quantum Leap, Al Calavicci has an even bigger problem. The real Sean O'Connor is in "detention" in the Waiting Room - and he's determined to escape. *** "Independence" by John Peel ISBN # 1-57297-150-9 It's August 1776. The War for independence has begun, pitting neighbor against neighbor. Samuel Beckett must take his stand with one side or the other. But Samuel Beckett-the real Samule Beckett-is now over two hundred years in the future, and his several-times-great-grandson has taken his place. Is Samuel Beckett a patriot or a Tory? Or, as some suspect, a double agent? Ziggy doesn't know and Sam's swiss-cheesed brain can't remember the family history. So Sam is left on his own to discover the dangerous truth. There is also a paper back out called "The Making of Quantum Leap" by Hal Schuster. ISBN # 0-06-105438-0 Published by Harper Prism. It's the same book as "Making a Quantum Leap" by Scott Nance but it is really by the same person that did the other book, but without the pictures. I think they were trying to pull a fast one and make us think it was a diffrent book then the other one. However, if you don't get web access and can't get to the great stuff out there, this isn't a bad book to have. Lots of interesting stuff. And it does have a nice picture of Scott on the cover. *** "Angels Unaware" by L. Elizabeth Storm ISBN 1-57297-206-8 A Leaper earns his wings... September, 1981. A little girl named Teresa Bruckner is visited by an angel - a man in strange clothes, who says his name is Al. He sings her a lullaby and promises to come back someday, before vanishing in a flash of blue light. April, 1995. Teresa Bruckner is no longer sure she believes in the angel named Al. In fact, she doesn't know what she believes in anymore. So she goes to a peaceful New England monastery to rest and think and plan. And, according to Ziggy, to die. Now Sam Beckett - who has Leaped into a visiting priest - must change things for Teresa, as he did once before. But the odds are not good, and soon becomes obvious that it will take more than one Leaper and once cigar-smoking angel to save her from certain death. *** "Obsessions" by Carol Davis ISBN # 1-57297-241-6 Leaping All Your Troubles Behind? A woman named Stephanie Keller has come to Albuquerque, demanding to see Dr. Samuel Beckett, immediately. Who is she? A fortune-hunting opportunist? A sensation-seaking journalist? Or, as she claims, Sam's wife... Sam Beckett, the one person who might be able to answer these questions, isn't available, of course. He's fifteen years in the past, enjoying a Leap that seems almost like a vacation, as a winter caretaker in a summer resort, with very little to do, and only a large, friendly dog for company. What he doesn't know, what he can't be told, is that Stephanie Keller is about to turn his life and his work into a tabloid headline. Whether she is a glitch in time, or a scam artist, she has become a threat to the very existence of Project Quantum Leap. And if she can't be stopped, Sam's vacation Leap may be his last. *** "Loch Ness Leap" by Sandy Schofield (which is actually a pen name for a husband and wife writing team...Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch) ISBN # 1-57297-231-9. "A monster Leap...Dr. Donald Harding, theoretical physicist, believes only in science. His son Travis believes in the unbelievable. It's March of 1986 when Sam leaps into Harding, who has come to Loch Ness, where his son is attempting to prove to him the existence of the fabled monster. Ziggy says that there is a fifty per cent chance that Sam is there to keep the two from becoming permanently estranged. But Sam suspects that there is something more to the leap--something concerning Travis Harding's girlfriend, an oddly familiar young woman who calls herself Dixie Fuller. Sam is right. He is not at Loch Ness for Donald Harding's son--he is there for his own daughter. And what he does will be the key to her future--as well as his own..." *** "Heat Wave" by Melanie Kent ISBN # 1-57297-312-9 "Summer, 1955: During one of the most brutal heat waves in recent memory, Sam Leaps into a sheriff in small-town Oklahoma. A young white woman has been viciously murdered, and the only suspect is black - an honest man who stands to lose everything if convicted. Sam must move fast to prove the man's innocence - while keeping the peace in a twon about to be torn apart by racial violence. Meanwhile, the real killer is watching Sam's every move - waiting for the perfect moment to end the investigation for good. *** "Foreknowledge" by Christopher DeFilippis ISBN # 0-425-16487-X "It's 1976, and Sam Leaps out of a woman named Ann-Marie Renerie. But Ann-Marie is not pleased with her changed life. She's left with a plea-bargained jail sentence she doesn't remember agreeing to, and a hazy memory of the name of the man she thinks is responsible for her imprisonment. 1988: Ann-Marie's sentence is over, and now she is dedicated to the single, obsessive purpose that got her through twelve years in prison. Death to Dr. Sam Beckett! Meanwhile, Sam, on his messiest mission yet - as a female mud wrestler - must work on his own. He can't be told that Al and the rest of the Project are frantically struggling to stop a madwoman before she stops Sam Beckett - forever! --------------- end of book list ---------------