Books I'd Like to Own: SF

Best Sci-Fi Books

SF:
[Science / Speculative Fiction]

Authors:

1. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
2. J. G. Ballard (1930-2009)
3. Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
4. John Christopher (1922-2012)
5. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
6. Samuel R. Delany (1942- )
7. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
8. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
9. Frank Herbert (1920-1986)
10. Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)
11. Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923-1996)
12. Robert Silverberg (1935- )
13. Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
14. H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
15. Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)
16. John Wyndham (1903-1969)

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Books I own are marked in bold:

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Isaac Asimov (1983)

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)

Science Fiction:

The Robot series:
1. I, Robot. 1950 (London: Panther, 1971)
2. The Rest of the Robots. 1964 (London: Panther, 1970)
3. The Complete Robot. 1982 (London: Panther, 1983)
4. The Caves of Steel. 1954 (London: Panther, 1973)
5. The Naked Sun. 1957 (London: Panther, 1973)
6. The Robots of Dawn. 1983. A Del Rey Book (New York: Ballantine, 1984)
7. Robots and Empire. 1983. A Del Rey Book (New York: Ballantine, 1985)

Galactic Empire novels:
8. The Currents of Space. 1952 (London: Panther, 1971)
9. The Stars, Like Dust. 1951 (London: Panther, 1965)
10. Pebble in the Sky. 1950 (London: Sphere, 1974)

Foundation prequels:
11. Prelude to Foundation. 1988. HarperVoyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016)
12. Forward the Foundation. 1993. A Bantam Book (New York: Doubleday, 1994)

Original Foundation trilogy:
13. Foundation. 1951 (London: Panther, 1973)
14. Foundation and Empire. 1952 (London: Panther, 1976)
15. Second Foundation. 1953 (London: Panther, 1975)

Extended Foundation series:
16. Foundation's Edge. 1982. A Del Rey Book (New York: Ballantine, 1983)
17. Foundation and Earth. 1986. HarperVoyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016)

Children's Books:

Lucky Starr series:
18. David Starr, Space Ranger. 1952 (London: New English Library, 1970)
19. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids. 1953 (London: New English Library / Times Mirror, 1980)
20. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus. 1954 (London: New English Library, 1983)
21. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury. 1956 (London: New English Library, 1983)
22. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957)
23. Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn. 1958 (London: New English Library, 1974)

[with Janet Asimov] Norby Chronicles:
24. Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot (1983)
25. Norby's Other Secret (1984)
26. Norby and the Lost Princess (1985)
27. Norby and the Invaders (1985)
28. Norby and the Queen's Necklace (1986)
29. Norby Finds a Villain (1987)
30. Norby Down to Earth (1988)
31. Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure (1989)
32. Norby and the Oldest Dragon (1990)
33. Norby and the Court Jester (1991)

Miscellaneous Novels:


34. The End of Eternity. 1955 (London: Panther, 1972)
35. Fantastic Voyage. 1966. SF Collector’s Library (London: Corgi, 1973)
36. The Gods Themselves. 1972. A Fawcett Crest Book (Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1973)
37. The Heavenly Host (1974)
38. Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain (1987)
39. Nemesis (1989)
40. [with Robert Silverberg] Nightfall (1990)
41. [with Robert Silverberg] Child of Time (1992)
42. [with Robert Silverberg] The Positronic Man (1993)

Miscellaneous Short-story collections:


43. The Martian Way. 1955 (London: Panther, 1974)
44. Earth Is Room Enough. 1957 (London: Panther, 1960)
45. Nine Tomorrows (1959)
46. Through a Glass, Clearly (1967)
47. Nightfall. 1969. 2 vols (London: Panther, 1973 / 1976)
48. The Best New Thing (1971)
49. The Early Asimov. 1972. 3 vols (London: Panther, 1979 / 1974 / 1974)
50. The Best of Isaac Asimov (London: Sphere, 1973)
51. Buy Jupiter. 1975 (London: Panther, 1977)
52. Have You Seen These? (1974)
53. [Ed.] Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s (New York: Doubleday, 1974)
54. The Bicentennial Man. 1976 (London: Panther, 1978)
55. The Complete Robot. 1982 (London: Panther, 1983)
56. The Winds of Change and Other Stories. 1983 (London: Panther, 1984)
57. The Edge of Tomorrow (1985)
58. The Alternate Asimovs (1986)
59. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986)
60. Robot Dreams (1986)
61. Azazel. A Foundation Book (New York: Doubleday, 1988)
62. The Complete Stories. Vol. 1 of 2 ['Earth Is Room Enough', 'Nine Tomorrows', & 'Nightfall and Other Stories']. (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990)
63. Robot Visions (1990)
64. The Complete Stories. Vol. 2 of 2 (1992)
65. Gold (1995)
66. Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection. 1996. Voyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997)

Mystery Novels:


67. A Whiff of Death [as 'The Death Dealers'. 1958] (London: Sphere, 1973)
68. Murder at the ABA. 1976. A Fawcett Crest Book (Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1976)

Mystery Short-story collections:

Black Widowers series:
69. Tales of the Black Widowers. 1974 (London: Panther, 1976)
70. More Tales of the Black Widowers. 1976. A Panther Book (London: Granada, 1980)
71. Casebook of the Black Widowers. 1980 (London: Panther, 1983)
72. Banquets of the Black Widowers (1984)
73. Puzzles of the Black Widowers (1990)
74. The Return of the Black Widowers (2003)

Other mysteries:
75. Asimov's Mysteries. 1968 (London: Panther, 1972)
76. The Key Word and Other Mysteries (1977)
77. The Union Club Mysteries (1983)
78. The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (1985)
79. The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (1986)

Non-fiction:


80. Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970)
81. [Ed.] The Annotated Gulliver's Travels: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. 1726 / 1734 / 1896 (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. / Publishers, 1980)
82. Asimov on Science Fiction. 1981 (London: Granada, 1983)

It's really only the Science Fiction writings of the so-called 'Grand Master of SF' that's of interest to me, but I have collected some of his fantasy and mystery stories, too. See my post about him here.

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Dangerous Minds: J. G. Ballard (1930-2009)

James Graham Ballard (1930-2009)

Novels:


1. The Wind from Nowhere (1961)
   • The Wind From Nowhere. 1961. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
2. The Drowned World (1962)
   • The Drowned World. 1962. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968.
   • The Drowned World. 1962. Illustrated by Dick French. A Dragon’s Dream Book. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland: Dragon’s Dream B. V., 1981.
3. The Burning World [aka The Drought] (1964)
   • The Drought. 1964. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Triad/Panther, 1978.
4. The Crystal World (1966)
   • The Crystal World. 1966. Panther Science Fiction. London: Panther Books, 1968.
5. The Atrocity Exhibition [aka Love and Napalm: Export USA] (1970)
   • The Atrocity Exhibition. 1969. Panther Books. St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Ltd, 1972.
6. Crash (1973)
   • Crash. 1973. Panther Books. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1977.
   • Crash. 1973. Introduction by the author. London: Vintage, 1995.
7. Concrete Island (1974)
   • Concrete Island. 1974. Panther Books. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1976.
8. High Rise (1975)
   • High Rise. 1975. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Triad/Panther Books, 1977.
9. The Unlimited Dream Company (1979)
   • The Unlimited Dream Company. 1979. London: Triad/Granada, 1983.
10. Hello America (1981)
    • Hello America. 1981. London: Triad/Granada, 1983.
11. Empire of the Sun (1984)
    • Empire of the Sun. 1984. London: Book Club Associates, 1985.
12. The Day of Creation (1987)
    • The Day of Creation. 1987. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1988.
13. Running Wild (1988)
    • Running Wild. 1988. Arena Novella. London: Arena, n.d.
14. The Kindness of Women (1991)
    • The Kindness of Women. 1991. Grafton. London: HarperCollins, 1992.
15. Rushing to Paradise (1994)
    • Rushing to Paradise. 1994. Flamingo Modern Classic. London: HarperCollins, 2001.
16. Cocaine Nights (1996)
    • Cocaine Nights. 1996. Harper Perennial. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
17. Super-Cannes (2000)
    • Super-Cannes. 2000. Flamingo. London: HarperCollins, 2001.
18. Millennium People (2003)
    • Millennium People. 2003. London: Harper Perennial, 2004.
19. Kingdom Come (2006)
    • Kingdom Come. 2006. London: Harper Perennial, 2007.

Short Stories:


20. The Voices of Time and Other Stories (1962)
21. Billennium (1962)
22. Passport to Eternity (1963)
23. The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (1963)
    • The Four-Dimensional Nightmare. 1963. Penguin Science Fiction. 1965. Rev. ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.
24. The Terminal Beach (1964)
    • The Terminal Beach. 1964. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
25. The Impossible Man (1966)
26. The Overloaded Man (1967)
    • The Overloaded Man. Panther Science Fiction. London: Panther Books, 1967.
27. The Disaster Area (1967)
    • The Disaster Area. 1967. London: Triad/Panther, 1985.
28. The Day of Forever (1967)
    • The Day of Forever. 1967. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing Ltd, 1985.
29. Vermilion Sands (1971)
    • Vermilion Sands. 1971. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1975.
30. Chronopolis and Other Stories (1971)
31. Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories (1976)
    • Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories. 1976. London: Triad/Panther, 1985.
32. The Best of J. G. Ballard (1977)
    • The Best Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard. An Orbit Book. London: Futura, 1977.
33. The Venus Hunters (1980)
    • The Venus Hunters. A Panther Book. London: Granada Publishing Ltd, 1980.
34. Myths of the Near Future (1982)
    • Myths of the Near Future. 1982. Triad/Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1984.
35. The Voices of Time (1985)
36. Memories of the Space Age (1988)
37. War Fever (1990)
38. The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (2001)
    • The Complete Short Stories. 2001. London: Flamingo, 2002.
39. The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 (2006)
40. The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2 (2006)
41. The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (2009)

Non-fiction:


42. A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (1996)
    • A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
43. Miracles of Life (2008)
    • Miracles Of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton. An Autobiography. London: Harper Perennial, 2008.

Interviews:


44. Paris Review – J.G. Ballard (1984)
45. Re/Search No. 8/9: J.G. Ballard (1985)
46. J. G. Ballard: Quotes (2004)
47. J. G. Ballard: Conversations (2005)
48. Extreme Metaphors: Interviews (2012)
    • Sellars, Simon, & Dan O' Hara, ed. Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews with J. G. Ballard, 1967-2008. 2012. Fourth Estate. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.

Secondary:


49. Baxter, John. The Inner Man: The Life of J. G. Ballard. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd, 2011.

J. G. Ballard is, quite simply, the man. Read him and weep. See my post about him here.

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Alan Light: Ray Bradbury (1975)

Ray Douglas Bradbury (1920-2012)

Novels:


1. The Martian Chronicles [aka The Silver Locusts] (1950)
   • The Silver Locusts. 1950. London: Corgi Books, 1969.
2. Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
   • Fahrenheit 451. 1953. London: Corgi Books, 1963.
3. Dandelion Wine (1957)
   • Dandelion Wine. 1957. London: Corgi Books, 1972.
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
   • Something Wicked This Way Comes. 1962. London: Corgi Books, 1969.
5. The Halloween Tree (1972)
   • The Halloween Tree. 1972. Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1973.
6. The Novels of Ray Bradbury (1984)
   • The Novels of Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes. 1953, 1957, 1962. London: Book Club Associates, by arrangement with Granada Publishing Limited, 1984.
7. Death Is a Lonely Business (1985)
8. A Graveyard for Lunatics (1990)
   • A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities. Grafton Books. London: Collins Publishing Group, 1990.
   
   
9. Green Shadows, White Whale (1992)
10. From the Dust Returned (2001)
11. Let's All Kill Constance (2002)
12. Farewell Summer (2006)
13. Novels & Story Cycles. Library of America (2021)
    • Novels & Story Cycles. Ed. Jonathan R. Eller. The Library of America, 347. [‘The Martian Chronicles’, 1950; ‘Fahrenheit 451’, 1953; ‘Dandelion Wine’, 1957; ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’, 1962]. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2021.

Collections:


14. Dark Carnival (1947)
15. The Illustrated Man (1951)
    • The Illustrated Man. 1951. Corgi SF Collector’s Library. London: Corgi Books, 1972.
16. The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953)
    • Bradbury, Ray. The Golden Apples of the Sun. 1953. Corgi SF Collector’s Library. London: Corgi Books, 1973.
17. The October Country (1955)
    • The October Country. 1955. London: New English Library, 1973.
18. A Medicine for Melancholy (1959)
19. The Day It Rained Forever (1959)
    • The Day It Rained Forever. 1959. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
20. The Small Assassin (1962)
    • The Small Assassin. 1962. London: New English Library, 1970.
21. R is for Rocket (1962)
    • R is for Rocket. 1962. London: Pan Books, 1972.
22. The Machineries of Joy (1964)
    • The Machineries of Joy. 1964. London: Panther Books, 1977.
23. The Autumn People (1965)
24. The Vintage Bradbury (1965)
25. Tomorrow Midnight (1966)
26. S is for Space (1966)
    • S is for Space. 1966. New York: Bantam Books, 1978.
27. Twice 22 (1966)
28. I Sing The Body Electric (1969)
    • I Sing The Body Electric! 1969. London: Corgi Books, 1972.
29. Ray Bradbury (1975)
30. Long After Midnight (1976)
    • Long After Midnight. 1976. London: Panther Books, 1978.
31. The Mummies of Guanajuato (1978)
32. The Fog Horn & Other Stories (1979)
33. One Timeless Spring (1980)
34. The Last Circus and the Electrocution (1980)
35. The Stories of Ray Bradbury (1980)
    • The Stories of Ray Bradbury. London: Granada, 1981.
36. The Fog Horn and Other Stories (1981)
37. Dinosaur Tales (1983)
38. A Memory of Murder (1984)
39. The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone (1985)
40. The Toynbee Convector (1988)
41. Classic Stories 1 (1990)
42. Classic Stories 2 (1990)
43. The Parrot Who Met Papa (1991)
44. Selected from Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed (1991)
45. Quicker Than The Eye (1996)
46. Driving Blind (1997)
47. Ray Bradbury Collected Short Stories (2001)
48. The Playground (2001)
49. Dark Carnival: Limited Edition with Supplemental Materials (2001)
50. One More for the Road (2002)
51. Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (2003)
52. Is That You, Herb? (2003)
53. The Cat's Pajamas: Stories (2004)
54. A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories (2005)
55. The Dragon Who Ate His Tail (2007)
56. Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan '99 (2007)
57. Somewhere a Band is Playing: Early Drafts and Final Novella (2007)
58. Summer Morning, Summer Night (2007)
59. Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 (2009)
60. We'll Always Have Paris: Stories (2009)
61. A Pleasure To Burn (2010)
62. The Lost Bradbury: Forgotten Tales of Ray Bradbury (2010)
63. The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 1, 1938–1943 (2011)
64. The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition – Volume 2, 1943–1944 (2014)
65. Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury (2020)
66. The Illustrated Man, The October Country & Other Stories. Library of America (2022)
    • The Illustrated Man, The October Country & Other Stories. Ed. Jonathan R. Eller. The Library of America, 360. 1951, 1955. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2022.

Edited:


67. Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952)
68. The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956)

Children's Books:


69. Switch on the Night (1955)
70. The Other Foot (1982)
71. The Veldt (1982)
72. The April Witch (1987)
73. The Fog Horn (1987)
74. Fever Dream (1987)
75. The Smile (1991)
76. The Toynbee Convector (1992)
77. With Cat for Comforter (1997)
78. Dogs Think That Every Day Is Christmas (1997)
79. Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines: A Fable (1998)
80. The Homecoming (2006)

Non-fiction:


81. No Man Is an Island (1952)
82. The Essence of Creative Writing: Letters to a Young Aspiring Author (1962)
83. Creative Man Among His Servant Machines (1967)
84. Mars and the Mind of Man (1971)
85. Zen in the Art of Writing (1973)
    • Zen in the Art of Writing. 1973. In The Capra Chapbook Anthology. Ed. Noel Young. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979.
86. The God in Science Fiction (1978)
87. About Norman Corwin (1979)
88. There is Life on Mars (1981)
89. The Art of Playboy (1985)
90. Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity (1990)
91. Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers to Impossible Futures (1991)
92. Conversations with Ray Bradbury. Ed. Steven L. Aggelis) (2004)
93. Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars (2005)
94. Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 (2007)

Poetry:


95. Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Round in Robot Towns (1977)
96. To Sing Strange Songs (1979)
97. Beyond 1984: Remembrance of Things Future (1979)
98. The Ghosts of Forever (1980)
99. The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury (1982)
100. The Love Affair (1982)
101. I Live By the Invisible: New & Selected Poems (2002)

Screenplays:


102. The Best of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles (2003)
103. It Came from Outer Space: Screenplay (2003)
104. The Halloween Tree: Screenplay (2005)

Miscellaneous:


105. Long After Ecclesiastes: New Biblical Texts (1985)
106. Christus Apollo: Cantata Celebrating the Eighth Day of Creation and the Promise of the Ninth (1998)
107. Witness and Celebrate (2000)
108. A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis and Ministers (2001)
109. The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel (2003)
110. Futuria Fantasia: SF Fanzine (2007)

Secondary:


111. Weller, Sam. The Bradbury Chronicles. Harper Perennial. 2005. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
112. Eller, Jonathan R. Becoming Ray Bradbury. Vol. 1 of 3. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
113. Eller, Jonathan R. Ray Bradbury Unbound. Vol. 2 of 3. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2014.
114. Eller, Jonathan R. Bradbury Beyond Apollo. Vol. 3 of 3. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2020.

'How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!' When you consider the genius of his early work, and compare it to the lacklustre running-on-empty tone of his later maunderings (with the odd flash of the old fire in such stories as 'The Parrot Who Met Papa") all you can conclude is what a fall from grace was this.

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Sam Youd ['John Christopher'] (1922-2012)

Sam Youd ['John Christopher'] (1922-2012)

as John Christopher:


1. The Twenty-Second Century: Stories (1954)
2. The Year of the Comet [US: Planet in Peril (1959)] (1955)
   • The Year of the Comet. 1955. London: Sphere Books, 1978.
3. The Death of Grass [US: No Blade of Grass (1957)] (1956)
   • The Death of Grass. 1956. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
4. The Caves of Night (1958)
   • The Caves of Night. 1958. London: Panther, 1962.
5. A Scent of White Poppies (1959)
6. The Long Voyage [US: The White Voyage] (1960)
   • The Long Voyage. 1960. London: Sphere books, 1986.
7. The World in Winter [US: The Long Winter] (1962)
   • The World in Winter. 1962. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
8. Cloud on Silver [US: Sweeney's Island] (1964)
   • Cloud on Silver. 1964. Hodder Paperbacks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.
9. The Possessors (1964)
   • The Possessors. 1964. London: Sphere books, 1978.
10. A Wrinkle in the Skin [US: The Ragged Edge] (1965)
    • A Wrinkle in the Skin. 1965. London: Sphere books, 1978.
11. The Little People (1966)
12. The Tripods trilogy:
    1. The White Mountains. 1967. Rev. ed. (2003)
    2. The City of Gold and Lead (1967)
    3. The Pool of Fire (1968)
    • The Tripods Trilogy: The White Mountains; The City of Gold and Lead; The Pool of Fire. 1967 & 1968. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
13. Pendulum (1968)
    • Pendulum. 1968. Hodder Paperbacks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.
14. The Lotus Caves (1969)
    • The Lotus Caves. 1969. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.
15. The Guardians (1970)
    • The Guardians. 1970. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
16. The Sword of the Spirits trilogy
    1. The Prince In Waiting (1970)
    2. Beyond the Burning Lands (1971)
    3. The Sword of the Spirits (1972)
    • The Prince in Waiting Trilogy: The Prince In Waiting; Beyond the Burning Lands; The Sword of the Spirits. 1970, 1971 & 1972. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
17. In the Beginning (1972)
18. Dom and Va (1973)
    • Dom and Va. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973.
19. Wild Jack (1974)
    • Wild Jack. 1974. A Beaver Book. London: Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books, 1978.
20. Empty World (1977)
    • Empty World. 1977. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.
21. The Fireball trilogy
    1. Fireball (1981)
       • Fireball. Fireball Trilogy, 1. 1981. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
    2. New Found Land (1983)
       • New Found Land. Fireball Trilogy, 2. 1983. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
    3. Dragon Dance (1986)
       • Dragon Dance. Fireball Trilogy, 3. 1986. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986.
22. When the Tripods Came (1988)
    • When the Tripods Came. 1988. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1990.
23. A Dusk of Demons (1993)
    • A Dusk of Demons. 1993. A Puffin Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1994.
24. Bad Dream (2003)

as Christopher Youd:


25. The Winter Swan (1949)

as Samuel Youd:


26. Babel Itself (1951)
27. Brave Conquerors (1952)
28. Crown and Anchor (1953)
29. A Palace of Strangers (1954)
30. Holly Ash [US: The Opportunist] (1955)
31. Giant's Arrow [UK: as Anthony Rye] ((1956)
32. The Burning Bird [US: The Choice (1961)
33. Messages of Love (1961)
34. The Summers at Accorn (1963)

as William Godfrey:


35. Malleson at Melbourne (1956)
36. The Friendly Game (1957)

as William Vine:


37. "Death Sentence". Imagination Science Fiction (June 1953)
38. "Explosion Delayed". Space Science Fiction (July 1953)

as Peter Graaf:


39. The Joe Dust Series:
    1. Dust and the Curious Boy [US: Give the Devil His Due] (1957)
    2. Daughter Fair (1958)
    3. The Sapphire Conference (1959)
40. The Gull's Kiss (1962)

as Hilary Ford:


41. Felix Walking (1958)
42. Felix Running (1959)
43. Bella on the Roof (1965)
44. A Figure in Grey (1973)
45. Sarnia (1974)
46. Castle Malindine (1975)
47. A Bride for Bedivere (1976)

as Peter Nichols:


48. Patchwork of Death (1965)

as Stanley Winchester:


49. The Practice (1968)
50. Men With Knives [US: A Man With a Knife] (1968)
51. The Helpers (1970)
52. Ten Per Cent of Your Life (1973)

At his best, in the Prince in Waiting trilogy, or such 'adult' novels as The Long Voyage, he was very, very good. He was, in fact, in many ways more of a visionary than his more famous contemporary John Wyndham, with whom he was often compared.

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Arthur C. Clarke (1965)

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008)

Series:

A Space Odyssey:
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey: A Novel. Based on the Screenplay by Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick. 1968 (London: Arrow Books Ltd., 1974)
2. 2010: Odyssey Two. 1982 (London: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1983)
3. 2061: Odyssey Three. 1987. Voyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997)
4. 3001: The Final Odyssey. 1997. Voyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997)

Rama:
5. Rendezvous with Rama. 1972 (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1973)
6. [with Gentry Lee] Rama: The Omnibus. The Complete Rama Story. Rendezvous with Rama; Rama II; The Garden of Rama; Rama Revealed. 1972, 1989, 1991, 1993. Gollancz (London: Orion Publishing Group, 1973)

A Time Odyssey:
7. [with Stephen Baxter] Time's Eye (2003)
8. [with Stephen Baxter] Sunstorm (2005)
9. [with Stephen Baxter] Firstborn (2007)

Other Novels:


10. The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night. 1948, 1953, 1968. Corgi SF Collector’s Library (London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1975)
11. Prelude to Space [aka Master of Space & The Space Dreamers]. 1951 (London: Pan Books, 1954)
12. The Sands of Mars. 1951. Sphere Science Fiction Classics (London: Sphere Books Limited, 1972)
13. Islands in the Sky. 1952. Introduction by Patrick Moore. Puffin Books (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973)
14. Childhood's End. 1953. Pan Science Fiction (London: Pan Books, 1973)
15. Earthlight. 1955. Pan Science Fiction (London: Pan Books, 1973)
16. The City and the Stars. 1956. Corgi SF Collector’s Library (London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1975)
17. The Deep Range. 1957. Pan Science Fiction (London: Pan Books, 1973)
18. A Fall of Moondust. 1961. Pan Books (London: Pan Books, 1971)
19. Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea. 1963. Illustrated by Robin Andersen. Piccolo Science Fiction (London: Pan Books, 1976)
20. Glide Path. 1963 (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980)
21. Imperial Earth: A Fantasy of Love and Discord. 1975 (London: Pan Books, 1977)
22. The Fountains of Paradise. 1979 (London: Pan Books, 1980)
23. The Songs of Distant Earth. 1986. Grafton Books (London: Collins, 1987)
24. [with Gentry Lee] Cradle (1988)
25. [with Gregory Benford] Beyond the Fall of Night (1990)
26. The Ghost from the Grand Banks. 1990. An Orbit Book (London: Macdonald & Co. Publishers Ltd., 1991)
27. The Hammer of God. 1993. An Orbit Book (London: Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited, 1991)
28. [with Mike McQuay] Richter 10 (1996)
29. [with Michael P. Kube-McDowell] The Trigger (1999)
30. [with Stephen Baxter] The Light of Other Days (2000)
31. [with Frederik Pohl] The Last Theorem (2008)

Stories:


32. Expedition to Earth. 1953 (London: Sphere Books, 1968)
33. Reach for Tomorrow (New York: Ballantine Books, 1956)
34. Venture to the Moon (1956)
35. Tales from the White Hart. 1957 (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973)
36. The Other Side of the Sky. 1958. Corgi SF Collector’s Library (London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1974)
37. Tales of Ten Worlds. 1962. Corgi Books (London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1971)
38. The Nine Billion Names of God (1967)
39. Of Time and Stars (1972)
40. The Wind from the Sun: Stories of the Space Age. 1972. A Signet Book. New American Library, 1973)
41. The Lost Worlds of 2001 (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972)
42. The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1971 (London: Sphere Books Limited, 1973)
43. The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1955 (1976)
44. The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1956-1972 (1977)
45. The Sentinel (1983)
46. Tales From Planet Earth (1990)
47. More Than One Universe (1991)
48. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. 2000. Gollancz (London: Orion Publishing Group, 2001)

Non-fiction:


49. Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics (1950)
50. The Exploration of Space. 1951. Rev ed. 1959. A Premier Book (Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1960)
51. The Exploration of the Moon. Illustrated by R.A. Smith (1954)
52. The Young Traveller in Space [aka Going Into Space & The Scottie Book of Space Travel]. 1954 (1957)
53. The Coast of Coral. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke. Blue Planet Trilogy 1 (1956)
54. The Reefs of Taprobane: Underwater Adventures around Ceylon. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke. Blue Planet Trilogy 2 (1957)
55. The Making of a Moon: The Story of the Earth Satellite Program (1957)
56. Boy Beneath the Sea. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke (1958)
57. Voice Across the Sea (1958)
58. The Challenge of the Space Ship: Previews of Tomorrow’s World. 1959. New York: Ballantine Books, 1961.
59. The Challenge of the Sea (1960)
60. The First Five Fathoms. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke (1960)
61. Indian Ocean Adventure. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke (1961)
62. Profiles of the Future: an Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible. 1962. Rev. ed. 1973 (London: Pan Books, 1976)
63. [with the editors of Life] Man and Space (1964)
64. Indian Ocean Treasure. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke (1964)
65. The Treasure of the Great Reef. Photos by Mike Wilson. Text by Arthur C. Clarke. Blue Planet Trilogy 3 (1964)
66. Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age. 1966. London: Mayflower Books Ltd., 1969.
67. The Promise of Space (1968)
68. [with Robert Silverberg] Into Space: a Young Person’s Guide to Space (1971)
69. Beyond Jupiter: The Worlds of Tomorrow. Paintings by Chesley Bonestell. Text by Arthur C. Clarke (1972)
70. Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations. 1972. Corgi SF Collector’s Library (London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1973)
71. The View from Serendip. 1977 (London: Pan Books, 1979)
72. [with Peter Hyams] The Odyssey File. 1984. Panther Books (London: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1985)
73. 1984, Spring: A Choice of Futures (1984)
74. Ascent to Orbit, A Scientific Autobiography: The Technical Writings of Arthur C. Clarke (1984)
75. 20 July 2019: Life in the 21st Century (1986)
76. Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography (London: Victor Gollancz, 1989)
77. How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village [aka How the World Was One: Towards the Tele-Family of Man] (1992)
78. By Space Possessed (1993)
79. The Snows of Olympus - A Garden on Mars (1994)
80. Childhood Ends: The Earliest Writings of Arthur C. Clarke (1996)
81. Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! A Vision of the 20th Century As it Happened: Collected Essays 1934-1998. Ed. Ian T. Macauley. Voyager (London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999)

Edited & Introduced:


82. [Ed.] Time Probe: The Sciences in Science Fiction (1966)
83. [Ed.] The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man's Probing of the Universe (1967)
84. [Foreword] John Fairley & Simon Welfare. Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World. 1980 (London: Collins, 1986)
85. [Ed., with George Proctor] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: The Nebula Winners 1965–1969 (1982)
86. [Foreword] John Fairley & Simon Welfare. Arthur C. Clarke’s World of Strange Powers. 1984 (London: Collins, 1990)
87. [Foreword] John Fairley & Simon Welfare. Arthur C. Clarke’s Chronicles of the Strange & Mysterious (London: Guild Publishing, 1987)
88. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 1: Breaking Strain (1987)
89. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 2: Maelstrom (1988)
90. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 3: Hide and Seek (1989)
91. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 4: The Medusa Encounter (1990)
92. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 5: The Diamond Moon (1990)
93. [Ed.] Project Solar Sail (1990)
94. [Afterword] Paul Preuss. Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime, Vol. 6: The Shining Ones (1991)
95. [Foreword] John Fairley & Simon Welfare. Arthur C. Clarke’s A-Z of Mysteries: From Atlantis to Zombies. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke (London: Book Club Associates, 1993)
96. [Introduction] Gentry Lee. Bright Messengers (1995)
97. [Introduction] James Randi. An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural [aka The Supernatural A-Z: The Truth and the Lies] (1995)
98. [Tribute] Isaac Asimov. The Roving Mind: New Edition (1997)
99. Keith Allen Daniels, ed. Arthur C. Clarke & Lord Dunsany: A Correspondence (1998)
100. [Foreword] David G. Stork. Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer As Dream and Reality (1998)
101. [Foreword] Simon Welfare and John Fairley. Arthur C. Clarke's Mysteries (1998)
102. [Foreword] Victoria Brooks, ed. Literary Trips 2: Following in the Footsteps of Fame (2001)
103. [Foreword] Dan Richter. Moonwatcher's Memoir: A Diary of 2001: A Space Odyssey (2002)
104. Ryder W. Miller, ed. From Narnia to A Space Odyssey: The War of Ideas Between Arthur C. Clarke and C. S. Lewis (2003)
105. [Preface] Anthony Frewin, ed. Are We Alone?: The Stanley Kubrick Extraterrestrial Intelligence Interviews (2005)
106. [Foreword] Dr. Gary Westfahl, ed. Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits (2005)

I can't help liking old Arthur, the (so-called ) 'Colossus of Science Fiction; his stories still read surprisingly well after all these years. According to the terms of the 'Clarke-Asimov treaty', he was to be described as the 'second-best science writer' while Asimov was to be the 'second-best SF writer'. That has a certain ring of truth to it, I must admit. See my post about him here.

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Samuel R. Delany (2019)

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. (1942- )

Novels:


1. The Jewels of Aptor (1962)
   • The Jewels of Aptor. 1962. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1971.
2. Out of the Dead City [aka Captives of the Flame] (1963)
   • The Fall of the Towers: Out of the Dead City; The Towers of Toron; City of a Thousand Suns. 1963, 1964, 1965. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1971.
3. The Towers of Toron (1964)
   • The Fall of the Towers: Out of the Dead City; The Towers of Toron; City of a Thousand Suns. 1963, 1964, 1965. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1971.
4. City of a Thousand Suns (1965)
   • The Fall of the Towers: Out of the Dead City; The Towers of Toron; City of a Thousand Suns. 1963, 1964, 1965. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1971.
5. The Ballad of Beta-2 (1965)
6. Empire Star (1966)
7. Babel-17 (1966)
   • Babel-17. 1966. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1969.
8. The Einstein Intersection (1967)
   • The Einstein Intersection. 1967. Grafton. London: HarperCollins, 1992.
9. Nova (1968)
   • Nova. 1968. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1977.
10. Equinox [aka The Tides of Lust] (1973, rev. 1994)
11. Dhalgren (1975)
    • Dhalgren. 1975. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
12. Triton [aka Trouble on Triton] (1976)
    • Triton. 1976. Grafton. London: HarperCollins, 1992.
13. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984)
    • Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand. 1984. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1986.
14. They Fly at Çiron (1993)
    • They Fly at Çiron. 1993. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
15. The Mad Man (1994)
    • The Mad Man: A Novel. A Richard Kasak Book. New York: Masquerade Books, Inc., 1994.
16. Hogg (1995)
17. Phallos (2004)
18. Dark Reflections (2007)
19. Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2012)
20. Shoat Rumblin: His Sensations and Ideas (2020)

Return to Nevèrÿon series:


21. Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979)
    • Tales of Nevèrÿon. 1979. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1988.
22. Neveryóna (1983)
    • Neveryóna, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards Modular Calculus, Part Four. 1983. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1988.
23. Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)
    • Flight from Nevèrÿon. 1985. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1989.
24. Return to Nevèrÿon [aka The Bridge of Lost Desire] (1987, rev. 1994)
    • Return to Nevèrÿon. 1994. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1989.

Short stories:


25. Driftglass (1971)
    • Driftglass: Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction. 1971. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing, 1980.
26. Distant Stars (1981)
27. The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction (1986)
28. Driftglass/Starshards (1993)
    • Driftglass/Starshards. Grafton. London: HarperCollins, 1993.
29. Atlantis: Three Tales (1995)
30. Aye, and Gomorrah, and other stories (2003)
31. The Atheist in the Attic (2018)

Comics:


32. Wonder Woman (1972)
33. [with Howard Chaykin] Empire (1978)
34. [with Mia Wolff] Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York. Introduction by Alan Moore (1999)

Edited:


35. [with Marilyn Hacker] Quark/1 (1970)
36. [with Marilyn Hacker] Quark/2 (1971)
37. [with Marilyn Hacker] Quark/3 (1971)
38. [with Marilyn Hacker] Quark/4 (1971)
39. Nebula Winners 13 (1980)

Non-fiction:


40. The Jewel-hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction (1977, rev. 2009)
41. The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction (1978, rev. 2014)
42. Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction (1984, rev. 2012)
43. Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions (1988)
44. The Straits of Messina (1989)
45. Silent Interviews (1995)
46. [ed. Kenneth R. James] Longer Views (1996)
47. "Racism and Science Fiction", New York Review of Science Fiction, 120 (1998)
48. Shorter Views (1999)
49. About Writing (2005)
50. [ed. Carl Freedman] Conversations with Samuel R. Delany (2009))

Memoirs and letters:


51. Heavenly Breakfast (1979)
52. The Motion of Light in Water (1988)
    • The Motion of Light in Water. East Village Sex and Science Fiction Writing: 1960-65, with The Column at the Market’s Edge. 1988. A Paladin UK Paperback Original. London: Grafton Books, 1990.
53. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1999)
54. [ed. Kenneth R. James] 1984: Selected Letters (2000)
55. [ed. Kenneth R. James] In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany. Volume 1, 1957-1969 (2017))
56. Letters from Amherst: Five Narrative Letters (2019)

There's no denying that much of his work is brilliant - and that he's had a transformative role in SF - but I'm not sure that any of his books would be the first I'd reach for to take to a desert island ...

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Philip K. Dick (c.1953)

Philip Kindred Dick (1928-1982)

Novels:
[date of composition / date of first publication]


1. Gather Yourselves Together (1950 / 1994)
   • Gather Yourselves Together. Afterword by Dwight Brown. 1994. A Mariner Book: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
2. Voices from the Street (1952 / 2007)
   • Voices from the Street. A Tor Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2007.
3. Vulcan's Hammer (1953 / 1960)
   • Vulcan's Hammer. 1960 / John Brunner. The Skynappers. 1960. Ace Double Novel Books. New York: Ace Books, 1960.
4. Dr. Futurity (1953 / 1960)
   • Dr. Futurity. 1960. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1979.
   • Docteur Futur. 1960. Trans. Florian Robinet & Dominique Defert. 1974. Librairie Générale Française. Ed. Gérard Klein. Paris: Le Livre de Poche, 1988.
5. The Cosmic Puppets (1953 / 1957)
   • The Cosmic Puppets. 1957 / Andrew North. Sargasso of Space. 1955. Ace Double Novel Books. New York: Ace Books, 1957.
6. Solar Lottery [revised as World of Chance] (1954 / 1955)
   • Solar Lottery. New York: Ace Books, 1955.
   • Solar Lottery. 1955. Rev. ed. as 'World of Chance'. 1956. London: Arrow Books, 1979.
7. Mary and the Giant (1954 / 1987)
   • Mary and the Giant. New York: Arbor House, 1987.
8. The World Jones Made (1954 / 1956)
   • The World Jones Made. 1956. Panther Science Fiction. London: Panther, 1970.
9. Eye in the Sky (1955 / 1957)
   • Eye in the Sky. 1957. London: Arrow Books, 1979.
10. The Man Who Japed (1955 / 1956)
    • The Man Who Japed. 1956. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1978.
11. A Time for George Stavros [ms. lost] (1956)
12. Pilgrim on the Hill [ms. lost] (1956)
13. The Broken Bubble (1956 / 1988)
    • The Broken Bubble. 1988. Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1991.
14. Puttering About in a Small Land (1957 / 1985)
    • Puttering About in a Small Land. 1985. Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1987.
15. Nicholas and the Higs [ms. lost] (1958)
16. Time Out of Joint (1958 / 1959)
    • Time Out of Joint. 1959. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
17. In Milton Lumky Territory (1958 / 1985)
    • In Milton Lumky Territory. 1985. Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1987.
18. Confessions of a Crap Artist (1959 / 1975)
    • Confessions of a Crap Artist – Jack Isidore (of Seville, Calif.): a Chronicle of Verified Scientific Fact. 1975. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1979.
19. The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (1960 / 1984)
    • The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike. 1984. Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1986.
20. Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1960 / 1986)
    • Humpty Dumpty in Oakland. 1986. Paladin. London: Grafton Books, 1988.
21. The Man in the High Castle (1961 / 1962)
    • The Man in the High Castle. 1962. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965.
    • The Man in the High Castle. 1962. Penguin Classic Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1997.
    • Included in: Four Novels of the 1960s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 173. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2007.
22. We Can Build You (1962 / 1972)
    • We Can Build You. 1972. Fontana Science Fiction. London: Fontana / Collins, 1977.
23. Martian Time-Slip (1962 / 1964)
    • Martian Time-Slip. 1964. Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. 1976. London: New English Library, 1983.
    • Included in: Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
24. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb (1963 / 1965)
    • Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb. 1965. London: Arrow Books, 1977.
    • Included in: Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
25. The Game-Players of Titan (1963 / 1963)
    • The Game-Players of Titan. 1963. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1973.
26. The Simulacra (1963 / 1964)
    • The Simulacra. 1964. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1983.
27. The Crack in Space [aka Cantata-140] (1963 / 1966)
    • The Crack in Space. 1966. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1980.
28. Now Wait for Last Year (1963 / 1966)
    • Now Wait for Last Year. 1966. A Macfadden Book. New York: Macfadden-Bartell Corporation, 1968.
    • Included in: Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
29. Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964 / 1964)
    • Clans of the Alphane Moon. 1964. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1984.
30. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964 / 1965)
    • The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. 1964. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts.: Triad / Panther, 1978.
    • Included in: Four Novels of the 1960s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 173. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2007.
31. The Zap Gun (1964 / 1967)
    • The Zap Gun. 1967. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts.: Granada Publishing Limited, 1978.
32. The Penultimate Truth (1964 / 1964)
    • The Penultimate Truth. 1964. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts.: Triad / Panther, 1978.
33. [with Roger Zelazny] Deus Irae (1964 / 1976)
    • [with Roger Zelazny] Deus lrae. 1976. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books, 1982.
34. The Unteleported Man [revised as Lies, Inc.] (1964 / 1966)
    • The Unteleported Man. With the Author’s Previously Unpublished Original Ending. 1966. New York: Berkley Books, 1983.
    • Lies, Inc. 1966. Rev. ed. 1983. Rev. ed. 1984. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1983.
35. [with Ray Nelson] The Ganymede Takeover (1965 / 1967)
    • [with Ray Nelson] The Ganymede Takeover. 1967. London: Arrow Books, 1980.
36. Counter-Clock World (1965 / 1967)
    • Counter-Clock World. 1967. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1990.
37. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1966 / 1968)
    • Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). 1968. A Del Rey Book. New York: Ballantine Books, 1982.
    • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968. Introduction by Paul McAuley. Gollancz 50. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2011.
    • Included in: Four Novels of the 1960s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 173. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2007.
38. Nick and the Glimmung (1966 / 1988)
    • Nick and the Glimmung. 1988. Illustrated by Phil Parks. 2009. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2015.
39. Ubik (1966 / 1969)
    • Ubik. 1969. Panther Science Fiction. London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1984.
    • Included in: Four Novels of the 1960s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 173. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2007.
40. Galactic Pot-Healer (1968 / 1969)
    • Galactic Pot-Healer. 1969. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1987.
41. A Maze of Death (1968 / 1970)
    • A Maze of Death. 1970. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books, 1973.
    • Included in: VALIS and Later Novels. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 193. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2009.
42. Our Friends from Frolix 8 (1969 / 1970)
    • Our Friends from Frolix 8. 1970. Panther Science Fiction. London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1984.
43. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1970 / 1974)
    • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. 1974. Newton Abbott: Readers Union, 1975.
    • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. 1974. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts.: Granada Publishing Limited, 1976.
    • Included in: Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
44. A Scanner Darkly (1973 / 1977)
    • A Scanner Darkly. A Del Rey Book. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.
    • Included in: Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
45. Radio Free Albemuth (1976 / 1985)
    • Radio Free Albemuth. 1985. A Grafton UK Paperback Original. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1988.
46. VALIS (1978 / 1981)
    • Valis. Corgi Books. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1981.
    • Included in: VALIS and Later Novels. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 193. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2009.
47. The Divine Invasion (1980 / 1981)
    • The Divine Invasion. 1981. Corgi Books. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1982.
    • Included in: VALIS and Later Novels. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 193. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2009.
48. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1981 / 1982)
    • The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1982.
    • The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. 1982. Panther Books. London: Granada Publishing Limited, 1983.
    • Included in: VALIS and Later Novels. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 193. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2009.
49. The Owl in Daylight [unfinished] (1982)

Collected:


50. Four Novels of the 1960s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. Library of America, 173 (2007)
    • Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Ubik. 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 173. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2007.
51. Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. Library of America, 183 (2008)
    • Five Novels of the 1960s and 1970s: Martian Time Slip / Dr. Bloodmoney / Now Wait for Last Year / Flow My Tears the Policeman Said / A Scanner Darkly. 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 183. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2008.
52. VALIS and Later Novels. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. Library of America, 193 (2009)
    • VALIS and Later Novels: A Maze of Death / VALIS / The Divine Invasion / The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. 1970, 1981, 1981, 1982. Ed. Jonathan Lethem. The Library of America, 193. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2009.

Short Story Collections:


53. A Handful of Darkness (1955)
    • A Handful of Darkness. 1955. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing, 1980.
54. The Variable Man And Other Stories (1957)
    • The Variable Man and Other Stories. 1957. New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1957.
55. The Preserving Machine (1969)
    • The Preserving Machine and Other Stories. 1969. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books, 1972.
56. The Book of Philip K. Dick [aka The Turning Wheel and Other Stories] (1973)
    • The Turning Wheel and Other Stories. 1973. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977.
57. The Best of Philip K. Dick (1977)
    • The Best of Philip K. Dick. Ed. John Brunner. Classic Science Fiction. New York: Ballantine, 1977.
58. The Golden Man (1980)
    • The Golden Man. 1980. Magnum Books. London: Methuen Paperbacks Ltd., 1983.
59. Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick. Ed. Patricia S. Warrick and Martin H. Greenberg (1984)
60. I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985)
    • I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon. Ed. Mark Hurst & Paul Williams. 1985. Grafton Books. London: Collins, 1988.
61. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick (1987-90)
    1. Beyond Lies the Wub (1988)
       • Beyond Lies the Wub. Introduction by Roger Zelazny. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1990.
    2. Second Variety (1989)
       • Second Variety. Introduction by Norman Spinrad. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1990.
    3. The Father-Thing (1989)
       • The Father-Thing. Introduction by John Brunner. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1991.
    4. The Days of Perky Pat (1990)
       • The Days of Perky Pat. Introduction by James Tiptree, Jr. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1991.
    5. The Little Black Box [aka We Can Remember It for You Wholesale] (1990)]
       • We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. Introduction by Thomas M. Disch. 1987. London: Grafton Books, 1991.
62. The Philip K. Dick Reader (1997)
63. Minority Report (2002)
64. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (2002)
65. Paycheck (2004)
66. Vintage PKD (2006)
67. The Early Work of Philip K. Dick, Volume One: The Variable Man & Other Stories (2009)
68. The Early Work of Philip K. Dick, Volume Two: Breakfast at Twilight & Other Stories (2009)
69. The Best of Philip K. Dick (2013)
70. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)

Non-fiction:


71. The Dark Haired Girl (1988)
    • The Dark-Haired Girl. Ed. Paul Williams. Willimantic, CT: Mark V Ziesing, 1988.
72. The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings. Ed. Lawrence Sutin (1995)
    • The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings. Ed. Lawrence Sutin. New York: Vintage Books, 1995.
73. The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. Ed. Jonathan Lethem and Pamela Jackson (2011)
    • The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. Ed. Pamela Jackson & Jonathan Lethem. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

Letters:


74. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1938–1971 (Grass Valley, California: Underwood Books, 1996)
75. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1972–1973 (Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1993)
76. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1974 (Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1991)
77. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1975–1976 (Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1992)
78. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1977–1979 (Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1993)
79. The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1980–1982 (Nevada City, California: Underwood Books, 2009)

Secondary:


80. Sutin, Lawrence. Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick. 1986. A Paladin UK Paperback Original. London: Grafton Books, 1991.

With a master such as this, only a complete collection will suffice ...

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Farah Mendelsohn: The Pleasant Profession of Robert Heinlein (2019)

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988)

Novels:


1. Methuselah's Children. 1941. Rev. ed. 1958. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1971.
2. Orphans of the Sky. 1941. Rev. ed. 1963. A Mayflower Science Fiction Classic. London: Mayflower Books, 1969.
3. Rocket Ship Galileo. 1947. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1980.
4. Beyond This Horizon. 1948. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1978.
5. Space Cadet. 1948. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
6. Red Planet. 1949. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1967.
7. The Day After Tomorrow. [aka 'Sixth Column,' 1949]. Mayflower Science Fiction. London: Mayflower Books, 1962.
8. Farmer in the Sky. 1950. Illustrated by Clifford Geary. 1962. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1967.
9. Between Planets. 1951. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
10. Space Family Stone. [aka 'The Rolling Stones,' 1952]. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1973.
11. Starman Jones. 1953. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, n.d.
12. The Star Beast. 1954. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1972.
13. Tunnel in the Sky. 1955. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1973.
14. Double Star. 1956. Panther Science Fiction. London: Panther Books Ltd., 1968.
15. Time for the Stars. 1956. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1973.
16. Citizen of the Galaxy. 1957. A Peacock Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.
17. The Door into Summer. 1957. A Signet Book. New York: New American Library, 1957.
18. Have Space Suit – Will Travel. 1958. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1978.
19. Starship Troopers. 1959. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
20. Stranger in a Strange Land. 1961. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
    • Stranger in a Strange Land: The Science Fiction Classic Uncut. 1961. Rev. ed. 1991. Hodder Great Reads. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2005.
21. Podkayne of Mars. 1963. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1978.
22. Glory Road. 1963. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1980.
23. Farnham's Freehold. 1965. a Berkley Medallion Book. New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1972.
24. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. 1966. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1969.
25. I Will Fear No Evil. 1970. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1979.
26. Time Enough for Love. 1973. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
27. ‘The Number of the Beast’. 1980. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1981.
28. Friday. 1982. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1983.
29. Job: A Comedy of Justice. 1984. London: New English Library, 1984.
30. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners. 1985. London: New English Library, 1986.
31. To Sail Beyond the Sunset: The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady. An Ace / Putnam Book. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
32. For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs (writ. 1939, pub. 2003)
33. [with Spider Robinson] Variable Star (plotted 1955; pub. 2006)
34. The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)

Short Stories:


35. The Man Who Sold the Moon. Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr. 1950. London: Pan Books, 1955.
36. The Green Hills of Earth. 1951. London: Pan Books, 1956.
37. Assignment in Eternity. 1953. 2 vols. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1971 & 1978.
38. Revolt in 2100 ['If this goes on--', 'Coventry, 'Misfit'] (1953)
39. The Menace From Earth. 1959. Corgi SF Collector’s Library. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1973.
40. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag. [aka '6 X H']. 1959. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1976.
41. The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. 1966. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1970.
42. The Past Through Tomorrow. 1967. 2 vols. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1978 & 1979.
43. The Best of Robert A. Heinlein. London: Sphere Books Limited, 1973.
44. Expanded Universe (1980)
45. Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein (2005)

Omnibus editions:


46. The Robert Heinlein Omnibus (1958)
47. A Heinlein Triad: The Puppet Masters; Waldo; Magic, Inc. 1951 & 1950. [aka 'Three by Heinlein', 1965]. Gollancz SF. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., n.d. [c. 1965].
48. A Robert Heinlein Omnibus (1966)
49. A Heinlein Trio ['The Puppet Masters', 'Double Star', 'The Door Into Summer'] (1980)
50. The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein ['Waldo', 'Magic, Inc.', 'The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag'] (1999)
51. Infinite Possibilities ['Tunnel in the Sky', 'Time for the Stars', 'Citizen of the Galaxy'] (2003)
52. To the Stars ['Between Planets', 'The Rolling Stones', 'Starman Jones', 'The Star Beast'] (2004)
53. Four Frontiers ['Rocket Ship Galileo', 'Space Cadet', 'Red Planet', 'Farmer in the Sky'] (2005)
54. Outward Bound ['Have Space Suit — Will Travel', 'Starship Troopers', 'Podkayne of Mars'] (2006)

Miscellaneous:


55. Project Moonbase and Others: Collected Screenplays (2008)

Though I still feel somewhat repelled by the attitudes expressed in his later books, there's no denying the sheer readability of Heinlein's early work. It's no wonder that he stood out so amongst all the journeyman hacks of the Golden Age of pulp SF. See my post about him here.

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Frank Herbert (1984)

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. [Frank Herbert] (1920-1986)

The Dune Series:


1. Dune. [Part I, "Dune World": Analog (Dec 1963 – Feb 1964); Parts II and III, "The Prophet of Dune": Analog (Jan – May 1965)]. 1965. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1973.
2. Dune Messiah. 1969. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1973.
3. Children of Dune. 1976. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1977.
4. God Emperor of Dune. 1981. London: New English Library, 1982.
5. Heretics of Dune. 1984. London: New English Library, 1985.
6. Chapter House Dune. 1985. London: New English Library, 1986.

The Pandora Sequence [aka the WorShip series]:


7. Destination: Void. 1966. Rev. ed. 1978. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
8. [with Bill Ransom]: The Jesus Incident. 1979. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications Limited, 1980.
9. [with Bill Ransom]: The Lazarus Effect. 1983. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications Limited, 1984.
10. [with Bill Ransom]: The Ascension Factor. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1988.

The ConSentiency Series:


11. Whipping Star. 1970. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1978.
12. The Dosadi Experiment. 1977. A Futura Book. London: Futura Publications Limited, 1979.

Other Novels:


13. The Dragon in the Sea. 1956. [aka 'Under Pressure' and '21st Century Sub']. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
14. The Green Brain. 1966. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1979.
15. The Eyes of Heisenberg. 1966. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1976.
16. The Heaven Makers. 1968. London: New English Library, 1982.
17. The Santaroga Barrier. New York: Berkeley, 1968.
18. Soul Catcher. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972.
19. The Godmakers. ["You Take the High Road", Astounding (May 1958); "Missing Link", Astounding (Feb 1959); "Operation Haystack", Astounding (May 1959); "The Priests of Psi", Fantastic (Feb 1960)]. 1972. London: New English Library, 1984.
20. Hellstrom's Hive. New York: Doubleday, 1973.
21. Direct Descent. New York: Ace Books, 1980.
22. The White Plague. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.
23. [with Brian Herbert] Man of Two Worlds. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986.
24. High-Opp. WordFire Press, 2012.
25. Angels' Fall. WordFire Press, 2013.
26. A Game of Authors. WordFire Press, 2013.
27. A Thorn in the Bush. WordFire Press, 2014.

Short Story Collections:


28. The Worlds of Frank Herbert. 1970. Times Mirror. London: New English Library, 1975.
29. The Book of Frank Herbert. New York: DAW Books, 1973.
30. The Best of Frank Herbert. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975.
31. The Priests of Psi. London: Gollancz Ltd, 1980.
32. Eye. Illustrated by Jim Burns. 1985. New English Library. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988.
33. [with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson]. The Road to Dune. Foreword by Bill Ransom. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2005.
34. The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert. New York: Tor Books, 2014.

Secondary:


35. Brian Herbert. Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. New York: Tor Books, 2003

Ever since I first read Dune in the mid-1970s, while I was still at High School, I've loved Frank Herbert's majestic vision and skill at world-making. He has his faults, certainly - undue prolixity, a tendency to quote from earlier characters as if they were immortal sages - but these are greatly outweighed by the originality of his ideas. It's a shame that his legacy has been somewhat overshadowed by a seemingly endless series of greatly inferior sequels and prequels to the Dune Series composed by his son Brian in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson.

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Boris Anrep: Pursuit (1952)

Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)

Novels:


1. The Black Cloud (1957)
   • The Black Cloud. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957.
2. Ossian's Ride (1959)
   • Ossian's Ride. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1959.
3. [with John Elliot] A for Andromeda (1962)
   • A for Andromeda. 1962. Corgi SF Collector’s Library. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1975.
4. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] Fifth Planet (1963)
   • Fifth Planet. 1963. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
5. [with John Elliot] Andromeda Breakthrough (1965)
   • The Andromeda Breakthrough. 1964. A Fawcett Gold Medal Book. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1970.
6. October the First Is Too Late (1966)
   • October the First Is Too Late. 1966. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.
7. Element 79 (1967)
8. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] Rockets in Ursa Major (1969)
   • Rockets in Ursa Major: A Novel. Based on a Play of that Title by Fred Hoyle. Mayflower Science Fiction. London: Mayflower Books, 1969.
9. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] Seven Steps to the Sun. Ed. Barbara Hoyle (1970)
   • Seven Steps to the Sun. Ed. Barbara Hoyle. 1970. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.
10. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Inferno (1973)
    • The Inferno. 1973. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
11. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness (1973)
12. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] Into Deepest Space. Ed. Barbara Hoyle (1974)
    • Into Deepest Space. Ed. Barbara Hoyle. 1974. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.
13. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Incandescent Ones. Ed. Barbara Hoyle (1977)
    • The Incandescent Ones. Ed. Barbara Hoyle. 1977. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
14. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Westminster Disaster. Ed. Barbara Hoyle (1978)
    • The Westminster Disaster. Ed. Barbara Hoyle. 1978. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980.
15. Comet Halley (1985)
    • Comet Halley: A Novel in Two Parts. London: Michael Joseph, 1985.
16. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Frozen Planet of Azuron. Ladybird Books (1982)
17. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Energy Pirate. Ladybird Books (1982)
18. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Planet of Death. Ladybird Books (1982)
19. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] The Giants of Universal Park. Ladybird Books (1982)

Non-fiction:


20. The Nature of the Universe (1950)
    • The Nature of the Universe. 1950. Rev. ed. 1960. A Pelican Book. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
21. Frontiers of Astronomy (1955)
22. [with E. M. Burbidge, G. R. Burbidge, & W. A. Fowler] "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars." Revs. Mod. Physics (1957)
23. Astronomy: A history of man's investigation of the universe (1962)
24. Of Men and Galaxies (1964)
25. Galaxies, Nuclei, and Quasars (1965)
26. Nicolaus Copernicus (1973)
27. Astronomy and Cosmology: A Modern Course (1975)
28. Energy or Extinction? The case for nuclear energy (1977)
29. Ten Faces of the Universe (1977)
30. On Stonehenge (1977)
31. [with Chandra Wickramasinghe] Lifecloud – The Origin of Life in the Universe (1978)
32. [with Chandra Wickramasinghe] Diseases from Space (1979)
33. [with Geoffrey Hoyle] Commonsense in Nuclear Energy (1980
34. "The big bang in astronomy." New Scientist (1981)
35. Ice, the Ultimate Human Catastrophe (1981)
36. The Intelligent Universe (1983)
37. [with Chandra Wickramasinghe] From Grains to Bacteria (1984)
38. Evolution from space and other papers on the origin of life (1982)
39. Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism (1984)
40. Viruses from Space (1986)
41. [with Jayant Narlikar & Chandra Wickramasinghe] "The extragalactic universe: an alternative view." Nature (1990)
42. The Origin of the Universe and the Origin of Religion (1993)
43. Home Is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life (1994)
44. Mathematics of Evolution (1987)
45. [with G. Burbridge & J. V. Narlikar] A Different Approach to Cosmology (2000)

Non-fiction:


46. Mitton, Simon. Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science. London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2005.

I've always had rather a soft spot for Fred Hoyle's Science Fiction novels, ever since I first read The Black Cloud as a teenager. The ones written in collaboration with his son aren't nearly as good, but some of them are pretty readable even so.

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Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923-1996)

Walter Michael Miller, Jr. (1923-1996)

Novels:


1. A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
   1. Fiat Homo [aka 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'] (1955)
   2. Fiat Lux [aka 'And the Light is Risen'] (1956)
   3. Fiat Voluntas Tua [aka 'The Last Canticle'] (1957)
   • A Canticle for Leibowitz: A Novel. 1959. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960.
   • A Canticle for Leibowitz. 1959. Corgi Science-Fiction. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1970.
2. [with Terry Bisson] Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (1997)
   • Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Ed. Terry Bisson. 1997. An Orbit Book. London: Little, Brown and Company (UK), 1998.

Short Stories & Novellas:

[Included in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels (1953);
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959);
Conditionally Human (1962);
The View from the Stars (1965)]
The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1980)]


3. MacDoughal's Wife [not SF] (1950)
4. Month of Mary [not SF] (1950)
5. Dark Benediction (1951)
6. Izzard and the Membrane (1951)
7. The Little Creeps (1951)
8. Secret of the Death Dome (1951)
9. The Song of Vorhu (1951)
10. The Soul-Empty Ones (1951)
11. The Space Witch (1951)
12. The Big Hunger (1952)
13. Big Joe and the Nth Generation [aka "It Takes a Thief"] (1952)
14. Bitter Victory" (1952)
15. Blood Bank (1952)
16. Cold Awakening" (1952)
17. Anybody Else Like Me? [aka "Command Performance"] (1952)
18. Conditionally Human (1952)
19. Dumb Waiter (1952)
20. Gravesong (1952)
21. Let My People Go (1952)
22. No Moon for Me (1952)
23. A Family Matter (1952)
24. The Reluctant Traitor (1952)
25. Please Me Plus Three (1952)
26. Six and Ten Are Johnny (1952)
27. Crucifixus Etiam [aka "The Sower Does Not Reap" (1953)
28. I, Dreamer (1953)
29. The Yokel (1953)
30. Wolf Pack (1953)
31. Check and Checkmate (1953)
32. Death of a Spaceman [aka "Memento Homo"] (1954)
33. I Made You (1954)
34. The Ties that Bind (1954)
35. The Will (1954)
36. Way of a Rebel (1954)
37. A Canticle for Leibowitz [aka "The First Canticle"] (1955)
38. The Darfsteller (1955)
39. The Hoofer (1955)
40. You Triflin' Skunk! [aka "The Triflin' Man"] (1955)
41. And the Light is Risen (1956)
42. The Last Canticle (1957)
43. The Lineman" (1957)
44. Vengeance for Nikolai" (1957, also known as "The Song of Marya")

Collections:


45. Bleiler, Everett F., & T. E. Dikty, ed. The Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: Izzard and the Membrane, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; … And Then There Were None, by Eric Frank Russell; Flight to Forever, by Poul Anderson; The Hunting Season, by Frank M. Robinson. London: Grayson & Grayson, 1953.
46. Conditionally Human (1962)
    1. Conditionally Human (1952)
    2. The Darfsteller (1955)
    3. Dark Benediction (1951)
47. The View from the Stars (1965)
    1. Blood Bank (1952)
    2. Dumb Waiter (1952)
    3. Anybody Else Like Me? (1952)
    4. The Big Hunger (1952)
    5. The Will (1954)
    6. Crucifixus Etiam (1953)
    7. I, Dreamer (1953)
    8. Big Joe and the Nth Generation (1952)
    9. You Triflin' Skunk! (1955)
48. The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller Jr. (1977)
    1. Conditionally Human (1952)
    2. Blood Bank (1952)
    3. Dark Benediction (1951)
    4. Dumb Waiter (1952)
    5. Anybody Else Like Me? (1952)
    6. The Big Hunger (1952)
    7. The Darfsteller (1955)
    8. The Will (1954)
    9. Crucifixus Etiam (1953)
    10. I, Dreamer (1953)
    11. Big Joe and the Nth Generation (1952)
    12. You Triflin' Skunk! (1955)
49. Conditionally Human and Other Stories. 1980. Corgi Science-Fiction. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1982.
    1. Conditionally Human (1952)
    2. Blood Bank (1952)
    3. Dark Benediction (1951)
    4. Dumb Waiter (1952)
    5. Anybody Else Like Me? (1952)
    6. The Big Hunger (1952)
50. The Darfsteller and Other Stories. 1980. Corgi Science-Fiction. London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1982.
    1. The Darfsteller (1955)
    2. The Will (1954)
    3. Vengeance for Nikolai (1957)
    4. Crucifixus Etiam (1953)
    5. I, Dreamer (1953)
    6. The Lineman (1957)
    7. Big Joe and the Nth Generation (1952)
    8. You Triflin' Skunk! (1955)
51. Dark Benediction. [aka 'The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.', 1980]. SF Masterworks. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2007.
    1. Conditionally Human (1952)
    2. Blood Bank (1952)
    3. Dark Benediction (1951)
    4. Dumb Waiter (1952)
    5. Anybody Else Like Me? (1952)
    6. The Big Hunger (1952)
    7. The Darfsteller (1955)
    8. The Will (1954)
    9. Vengeance for Nikolai (1957)
    10. Crucifixus Etiam (1953)
    11. I, Dreamer (1953)
    12. The Lineman (1957)
    13. Big Joe and the Nth Generation (1952)
    14. You Triflin' Skunk! (1955)

Ever since I first picked up a scruffy secondhand paperback copy in a local bookshop, I've been entranced by A Canticle for Leibowitz. Some of his short stories - 'Crucifixus Etiam,' 'Izzard and the Membrane' - are almost equally impressive, though. A great writer, fullstop.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)

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Robert Silverberg (2005)

Robert Silverberg (1935- )

Novels:


1. Revolt on Alpha C (1955)
2. The 13th Immortal (1956)
3. Master of Life and Death (1957)
4. [with Randall Garrett, as Robert Randall] The Shrouded Planet (1957)
5. Invaders from Earth (1958)
6. [as Calvin M. Knox] Lest We Forget Thee, Earth (1958)
7. Stepsons of Terra (1958)
8. [as David Osborne] Aliens from Space (1958)
9. [as David Osborne] Invisible Barriers (1958)
10. [as Ivar Jorgenson] Starhaven (1958)
11. Starman's Quest (1958)
12. [as Calvin M. Knox] The Plot Against Earth (1959)
13. [with Randall Garrett, as Robert Randall] The Dawning Light (1959)
14. The Planet Killers (1959)
15. Lost Race of Mars (1960)
16. Collision Course (1961)
17. The Seed of Earth (1962)
18. Recalled to Life (1962) [Rev. ed. 1972]
19. Blood on the Mink [aka 'Too Much Blood on the Mink'] (1962)
20. The Silent Invaders (1963)
21. Time of the Great Freeze (1964)
22. Regan's Planet (1964)
23. [as Calvin M. Knox] One of Our Asteroids is Missing (1964)
24. Conquerors from the Darkness (1965)
25. The Gate of Worlds (1967)
26. Planet of Death (1967)
27. Thorns (1967)
    • Thorns. 1967. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1987.
28. Those Who Watch (1967)
29. The Time Hoppers (1967)
30. To Open the Sky (1967)
    • To Open the Sky. 1967. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1977.
31. World's Fair 1992 (1970)
32. The Man in the Maze (1968)
    • The Man in the Maze. 1968. A Tandem Book. London: Tandem Publishing Ltd., 1977.
33. Hawksbill Station (1968)
    • Hawksbill Station. 1968. A Star Book. London: W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 1982.
34. The Masks of Time (1968)
35. Nightwings (1969)
    • Nightwings. 1969. Sphere Science Fiction. London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1974.
36. Across a Billion Years (1969)
37. Three Survived (1969)
38. To Live Again (1969)
    • To Live Again. 1969. Fontana Science Fiction. London: Fontana/Collins, 1977.
39. Up the Line (1969)
40. Downward to the Earth (1970)
    • Downward to the Earth. 1970. Pan Science Fiction. London: Pan Books, 1978.
41. Tower of Glass (1970)
    • Tower of Glass. 1970. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1976.
42. Son of Man (1971)
    • Son of Man. 1971. Panther Science Fiction. Frogmore, St Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1979.
43. The Second Trip (1971)
44. The World Inside (1971)
45. A Time of Changes (1971)
    • A Time of Changes. 1971. Gollancz Classic SF, 3. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1986.
46. The Book of Skulls (1971)
    • The Book of Skulls. 1972. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks, 1981.
47. Dying Inside (1972)
    • Dying Inside. 1972. VGSF Classics, 31. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1989.
48. The Stochastic Man (1975)
49. Shadrach in the Furnace (1976)
50. Homefaring (1982)
51. Lord of Darkness (1983)
52. Gilgamesh the King (1984)
    • Gilgamesh the King. New York: Arbor House, 1984.
53. Sailing to Byzantium (1985)
54. Tom O'Bedlam (1985)
    • Tom O'Bedlam. 1985. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1987.
55. Star of Gypsies (1986)
    • Star of Gypsies. 1986. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1988.
56. At Winter's End (1988)
    • At Winter's End. 1988. A Legend Book. London: Arrow Books limited, 1990.
57. Project Pendulum (1989)
58. Letters From Atlantis (1990)
59. The New Springtime [aka 'The Queen of Springtime'] (1990)
    • The Queen of Springtime. 1989. A Legend Book. London: Arrow Books limited, 1991.
60. To the Land of the Living (1990)
    • To the Land of the Living. 1990. VGSF. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1990.
61. [with Isaac Asimov, based on his 1941 story] Nightfall (1990)
62. Thebes of the Hundred Gates (1991)
    • Thebes of the Hundred Gates. 1991. HarperCollins Science Fiction and Fantasy. London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 1994.
63. The Face of the Waters (1991)
    • The Face of the Waters. 1991. A Bantam Spectra Book. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
64. [with Isaac Asimov, based on his story 'Lastborn' (1958)] Child of Time [aka 'The Ugly Little Boy'] (1991)
65. Kingdoms of the Wall (1992)
    • Kingdoms of the Wall. 1992. Grafton. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.
66. [with Isaac Asimov, based on his story 'The Bicentennial Man' (1976)] The Positronic Man (1992)
67. Hot Sky at Midnight (1994)
    • Hot Sky at Midnight. 1994. A Bantam Spectra Book. New York: Bantam Books, 1995.
68. Starborne (1996)
69. The Alien Years (1998)
70. The Longest Way Home (2002)
    • The Longest Way Home. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2002.
71. Roma Eterna (2003)
    • Roma Eterna. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2003.
72. The Last Song of Orpheus (2010)

Majipoor:


73. Lord Valentine's Castle (1980)
    • Lord Valentine's Castle. 1980. London: Pan Books, 1981.
74. Majipoor Chronicles (1982)
    • Majipoor Chronicles. 1982. London: Pan Books, 1983.
75. Valentine Pontifex (1983)
    • Valentine Pontifex. 1983. London: Pan Books, 1985.
76. The Mountains of Majipoor (1995)
    • The Mountains of Majipoor. London: Pan Books, 1995.
77. Sorcerers of Majipoor (1997)
    • Sorcerers of Majipoor. London: Pan Books, 1997.
78. Lord Prestimion (1999)
    • Lord Prestimion. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
79. King of Dreams (2001)
    • The King of Dreams. 2001. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002.
80. Tales of Majipoor (2013)
    • Tales of Majipoor. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2013.

Short Stories:


81. Next Stop, the Stars (1962)
82. Godling, Go Home (1964)
83. Needle in a Timestack (1966)
84. The Calibrated Alligator (1969)
85. Dimension Thirteen (1969)
86. The Cube Root of Uncertainty (1970)
87. Parsecs and Parables (1973)
88. Moonferns & Starsongs (1971)
89. The Reality Trip and Other Implausibilities (1972)
90. Valley Beyond Time (1973)
91. Earth's Other Shadow (1973)
92. Unfamiliar Territory (1973)
    • Unfamiliar Territory. 1973. Coronet Books. London: Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks, 1981.
93. The Feast of St. Dionysus: Five Science Fiction Stories (1975)
94. Sunrise on Mercury (1975)
95. Capricorn Games (1976)
96. The Best of Robert Silverberg (1976)
    • The Best of Robert Silverberg. 1976. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1978.
97. The Shores of Tomorrow (1976)
98. World of a Thousand Colors (1982)
99. The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (1984)
    • The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party. 1984. VGSF. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1989.
100. Beyond the Safe Zone (1986)
101. Pluto in the Morning Light. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 1 (1992)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 1: Pluto in the Morning Light. Grafton. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.
102. The Secret Sharer. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 2 (1993)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 2: The Secret Sharer. Grafton. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.
103. Beyond the Safe Zone. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 3 (1994)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 3: Beyond the Safe Zone. Science Fiction & Fantasy. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
104. The Road to Nightfall. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 4 (1996)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 4: The Road to Nightfall. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
105. Ringing the Changes. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 5 (1997)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 5: Ringing the Changes. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.
106. Lion Time in Timbuctoo. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, 6 (2000)
     • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume 6: Lion Time in Timbuctoo. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.
107. Phases of the Moon (2004)
108. [with Randall Garrett] A Little Intelligence (2009)
109. In the Beginning: Tales from the Pulp Era (2006)
110. To Be Continued: The Collected Stories, 1 (2006)
111. To the Dark Star: The Collected Stories, 2 (2007)
112. Something Wild Is Loose: The Collected Stories, 3 (2008)
113. Trips: The Collected Stories, 4 (2009)
114. The Palace at Midnight: The Collected Stories, 5 (2010)
115. Multiples: The Collected Stories, 6 (2011)
116. We Are for the Dark: The Collected Stories, 7 (2012)
117. Hot Times in Magma City: The Collected Stories, 8 (2013)
118. The Millennium Express: The Collected Stories, 9 (2014)

Non-fiction:


119. Treasures Beneath the Sea. Illustrated by Norman Kenyon (1960)
120. [as Edgar Black] Sir Winston Churchill: The Compelling Life Story of one of the Towering Figures of the 20th Century (1961)
121. First American into Space (1961)
122. Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations (1962)
123. [as Walter Drummond] Philosopher of Evil (1962)
124. The Fabulous Rockefellers (1963)
125. Sunken History: The Story of Underwater Archaeology (1963)
126. [as Walter Drummond] How to Spend Money (1963)
127. Fifteen Battles that Changed the World (1963)
128. Empires in the Dust: Ancient Civilizations Brought to Light (1963)
129. Home of the Red Man: Indian North America before Columbus (1963)
130. [as L. T. Woodward] The History of Surgery (1963)
131. The Great Doctors (1964)
132. Man Before Adam: The Story of Man in Search of His Origins (1964)
133. Akhnaten: The Rebel Pharaoh (1964)
134. [as Franklin Hamilton] 1066 (1964)
135. [as Walker Chapman] The Loneliest Continent: The Story of Antarctic Discovery (1964)
136. The Man Who Found Nineveh: The Story of Austen Henry Layard (1964)
137. Great Adventures in Archaeology: From Belzoni to Woolley. 1964. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985.
138. Socrates (1965)
139. Scientists And Scoundrels: A Book of Hoaxes (1965)
140. Men Who Mastered the Atom (1965)
141. Niels Bohr: The Man Who Mapped the Atom (1965)
142. The Old Ones: Indians of the American Southwest (1965)
143. The Great Wall of China (1965)
144. The World of Coral (1965)
145. [as Franklin Hamilton] The Crusades (1965, )
146. [as Walker Chapman] Antarctic Conquest: The Great Explorers in Their Own Words (1966)
147. The Long Rampart: The Story of the Great Wall of China (1966)
148. [as Lee Sebastian] Rivers: A Book to Begin On (1966)
149. Forgotten by Time: A Book of Living Fossils (1966)
150. Frontiers in Archeology (1966)
151. [as Walker Chapman] Kublai Khan: Lord of Xanadu (1966)
152. [as Roy Cook] Leaders Of Labor (1966)
153. Bridges (1966)
154. To the Rock of Darius: The Story of Henry Rawlinson (1966)
155. [as Lloyd Robinson] The Hopefuls: Ten Presidential Campaigns (1966)
156. The Morning of Mankind: Prehistoric Man in Europe (1967)
157. [as Walker Chapman] The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado (1967)
158. The Auk, the Dodo and the Oryx (1967)
159. The World of the Rain Forests (1967)
160. The Dawn of Medicine (1967)
161. The Adventures of Nat Palmer (1967)
162. [as Franklin Hamilton] Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the Roses (1967)
163. Men Against Time: Salvage Archeology in the United States (1967)
164. Light for the World: Edison and the Power Industry (1967)
165. [as Walker Chapman] The Search for Eldorado (1967)
166. [as L. T. Woodward] Sophisticated Sex Techniques in Marriage (1967)
167. Mound Builders of Ancient America: The Archeology of a Myth (1968)
168. The World of the Ocean Depths (1968)
169. [as Lloyd Robinson] The Stolen Election: Hayes vs. Tilden, 1876 (1968)
170. Four Men Who Changed the Universe (1968)
171. [as Paul Hollander] Sam Houston (1968)
172. [as Lee Sebastian] The South Pole: A Book to Begin On (1968)
173. Stormy Voyager (1968)
174. Ghost Towns of the American West (1968)
175. Vanishing Giants: The Story of the Sequoias (1969)
176. Wonders of Ancient Chinese Science (1969)
177. The Challenge of Climate: Man and His Environment (1969)
178. Bruce of the Blue Nile (1969)
179. The World of Space (1969)
180. If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem (1970)
181. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (1970)
182. Mammoths, Mastodons and Man (1970)
183. The Mound Builders (1970)
184. The Pueblo Revolt (1970)
185. Clocks for the Ages: How Scientists Date the Past (1971)
186. To The Western Shore: Growth of the United States 1776-1853 (1971)
187. Before The Sphinx: Early Egypt (1971)
188. [with Arthur C. Clarke] Into Space: A Young Person's Guide to Space (1971)
189. The Realm of Prester John (1972)
190. The Longest Voyage: Circumnavigation in the Age Of Discovery (1972)
191. John Muir, Prophet Among the Glaciers (1972)
192. The World Within the Ocean Wave (1972)
193. The World Within the Tide Pool (1972)
194. Drug Themes in Science Fiction (1974)
195. Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science Fiction, Science and Other Matters (1997) [Rev. ed. 2016]
196. Musings and Meditations (2011)

Edited:


197. Earthmen & Strangers (1966)
198. Voyagers in Time (1967)
199. Alpha
     1. Alpha 1 (1970)
     2. Alpha 2 (1971)
     3. Alpha 3 (1972)
     4. Alpha 4 (1973)
     5. Alpha 5 (1974)
     6. Alpha 6 (1976)
     7. Alpha 7 (1977)
     8. Alpha 8 (1977)
     9. Alpha 9 (1978)
200. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
     1. Volume One, 1929–1964 (1970)
     2. Volume Two (1973)
201. [with Roger Zelazny & James Blish] Three For Tomorrow. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke (1970)
202. New Dimensions
     1. New Dimensions 1 (1971)
     2. New Dimensions II (1972)
     3. New Dimensions 3 (1973)
     4. New Dimensions IV (1974)
     5. New Dimensions Science Fiction 5 (1975)
     6. New Dimensions Science Fiction 6 (1976)
     7. New Dimensions Science Fiction 7 (1977)
     8. New Dimensions Science Fiction 8 (1978)
     9. New Dimensions Science Fiction 9 (1979)
     10. New Dimensions Science Fiction 10 (1980)
     11. [with Marta Randall] New Dimensions 11 (1980)
     12. [with Marta Randall] New Dimensions 12 (1981)
203. Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction (1973)
204. Infinite Jests: The Lighter Side of Science Fiction (1974)
205. Mutants (1974)
206. [with Roger Elwood] Epoch (1975)
207. Strange Gifts (1975)
208. [with Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph Olander] Dawn of Time (1979)
209. The Edge of Space (1979)
210. The Best of Randall Garrett (1982)
211. The Fantasy Hall of Fame
     1. [with Martin H. Greenberg] The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1983)
     2. The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998)
212. Nebula Award anthologies
     1. The Nebula Awards #18 (1983)
     2. Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001)
213. [with Karen Haber] Universe Anthologies
     1. Universe 1 (1990)
     2. Universe 2 (1992)
     3. Universe 3 (1994)
214. Murasaki: A Novel in Six Parts. By Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, & Frederick Pohl. 1992. Grafton. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.
215. Legends
     1. Legends. Voyager. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
     2. Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy. A Del Rey Book. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
216. Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction. An Orbit Book. London: Little, Brown & Company (UK), 1999.
217. [with Martin H. Greenberg] Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964 (2001)
218. Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2011)
219. Times Three (2011)

My PhD supervisor, Colin Manlove, an authority on Fantasy and SF writing generally, told me that Robert Silverberg was his favourite writer in the genre, calling him 'the perfect Science Fiction machine.' Of course, that was back in the 1980s, just after he'd reinvented himself with Lord Valentine's Castle, most of whose sequels were still to come. He's certainly a prodigy, and - vast though his output is - not a lot of it is negligible.

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Kurt Vonnegut (1972)

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)

Collections:


1. Kurt Vonnegut: The Complete Novels. Ed. Sidney Offit. The Library of America. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2011-2016.
   1. Novels & Stories 1950-1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories. Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition, 1. The Library of America, 226 (2012)
   2. Novels & Stories 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions / Stories. Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition, 2. The Library of America, 216 (2011)
   3. Novels 1976-1985: Slapstick / Jailbird / Deadeye Dick / Galápagos. Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition, 1. The Library of America, 252 (2014)
   4. Novels 1987-1997: Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake. Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition, 4. The Library of America, 273 (2016)

Novels:


2. Player Piano (1952)
   • Player Piano. 1952. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1975.
3. The Sirens of Titan (1959)
   • The Sirens of Titan. 1959. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1973.
4. Mother Night (1962)
   • Mother Night. 1961. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1968.
5. Cat's Cradle (1963)
   • Cat's Cradle. 1963. Penguin Science Fiction. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
6. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
   • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls Before Swine. 1965. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1975.
7. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
   • Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death. 1969. A Dell Book. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.
8. Breakfast of Champions (1973)
   • Breakfast of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday! 1973. A Dell Book. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.
9. Slapstick (1976)
   • Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More! 1976. A Dell Book. New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.
10. Jailbird (1979)
    • Jailbird. 1979. Panther Books. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1980.
11. Deadeye Dick (1982)
    • Deadeye Dick. 1982. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1983.
12. Galápagos (1985)
    • Galápagos: A Novel. 1985. Grafton Books. London: Collins Publishing Group, 1987.
13. Bluebeard (1987)
14. Hocus Pocus (1990)
15. Timequake (1997)

Short stories:


16. Canary in a Cat House (1961)
17. Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
    • Welcome to the Monkey House. 1968. Panther Books Limited. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1972.
18. Bagombo Snuff Box (1997)
19. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
20. Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
    • Armageddon in Retrospect and Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace. 2008. Vintage Classics. London: Random House, 2009.
21. Look at the Birdie (2009)
22. While Mortals Sleep (2011)
23. We Are What We Pretend to Be (2012)
24. Sucker's Portfolio (2013)
25. Complete Stories (2017)

Plays:


26. The First Christmas Morning (1962)
27. Fortitude (1968)
28. Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
    • Happy Birthday, Wanda June. 1960 & 1970. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1975.
29. Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
    • Between Time and Timbuktu; or, Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy Based on Materials by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Designed by Joel Schick with Photographs by Jill Krementz and from the NET Playhouse Production. 1972. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1975.
30. Stones, Time and Elements (A Humanist Requiem) (1987)
31. Make Up Your Mind (1993)
32. L’Histoire du Soldat (1997)

Children's books:


33. Sun Moon Star (1980)

Non-fiction:


34. Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974)
    • Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons. 1974. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1976.
35. Palm Sunday (1981)
    • Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage. 1981. Granada. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1982.
36. Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays (1984)
37. Fates Worse Than Death (1991)
38. A Man Without a Country (2005)
39. Kurt Vonnegut: The Cornell Sun Years 1941–1943 (2012)
40. If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (2013)
41. Vonnegut by the Dozen (2013)
42. [with Suzanne McConnell] Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style (2019)

Art:


43. Kurt Vonnegut Drawings (2014)

Interviews:


44. [with William Rodney Allen] Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (1988)
45. [with Lee Stringer] Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing (1999)
46. The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2011)

Letters:


47. Letters (2014)
48. Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945. Ed. Edith Vonnegut (2020)

Secondary:


49. The Vonnegut Statement. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer. 1973. Panther Books Ltd. Frogmore, St. Albans, Herts: Granada Publishing Limited, 1975.

If you read too much of his work at one time, there can be a certain tendency to surfeit, but there's no denying the power of Slaughterhouse-Five, in particular.

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George Charles Beresford: H. G. Wells (1920)

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946)

Collected Works:




Odhams: H. G. Wells Collection (1930)


The H. G. Wells Collection. 12 vols. London: Odhams Press Limited, [1930]:
1. The Invisible Man / The Secret Places of the Heart / God the Invisible King (1897, 1922 & 1917)
2. Love and Mr Lewisham / Marriage (1900 & 1912)
3. The First Men in the Moon / The World Set Free (1901 & 1914)
4. Kipps / The Research Magnificent (1905 & 1915)
5. Tono-Bungay / A Modern Utopia (1909 & 1905)
6. The History of Mr Polly / The War in the Air (1910 & 1908)
7. The Sleeper Awakes / Men Like Gods (1910 & 1923)
8. The New Machiavelli / The Food of the Gods (1911 & 1904)
9. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman / The Dream (1914 & 1924)
10. Mr Britling Sees it Through / In the Days of the Comet (1916 & 1906)
11. Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education / "The Country of the Blind" / "Jimmy Goggles the God" / "Mr Brisher’s Treasure" (1918, 1904, 1898 & 1899)
12. Collected Short Stories (1927)


Fiction:


1. The Time Machine (1895)
2. The Wonderful Visit (1895)
3. The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
4. The Wheels of Chance (1896)
5. The Invisible Man (1897)
6. The War of the Worlds (1898)
7. When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)
8. Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
9. The First Men in the Moon (1901)
10. The Sea Lady (1902)
11. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
12. Kipps (1905)
13. A Modern Utopia (1905)
14. In the Days of the Comet (1906)
15. The War in the Air (1908)
16. Tono-Bungay (1909)
17. Ann Veronica (1909)
18. The History of Mr Polly (1910)
19. The Sleeper Awakes (1910)
20. The New Machiavelli (1911)
21. The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)
22. Marriage (1912)
23. The Passionate Friends (1913)
24. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
25. The World Set Free (1914)
26. Bealby: A Holiday (1915)
27. Boon (1915) (as Reginald Bliss)
28. The Research Magnificent (1915)
29. Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
30. The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
31. Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education (1918)
32. The Undying Fire (1919)
33. The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)
34. Men Like Gods (1923)
35. The Dream (1924)
36. Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
37. The World of William Clissold (1926)
38. The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1927)
39. Meanwhile (1927)
40. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
41. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
42. The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
43. The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
44. Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.” (1936)
45. The Croquet Player (1936)
46. Brynhild (1937)
47. Star Begotten: A Biological Fantasia (1937)
48. The Camford Visitation (1937)
49. Apropos of Dolores (1938)
50. The Brothers (1938)
51. The Holy Terror (1939)
52. Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
53. All Aboard for Ararat (1940)
54. You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)
55. The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells (1998)

Non-fiction:


56. Text-Book of Biology (1893)
57. Honours Physiography (1893) – with R. A. Gregory
58. Certain Personal Matters (1897)
59. Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought (1901)
60. Mankind in the Making (1903)
61. The Future in America (1906)
62. This Misery of Boots (1907)
63. Will Socialism Destroy the Home? (1907)
64. New Worlds for Old (1908)
65. First and Last Things (1908)
66. Floor Games (1911)
67. The Great State (1912)
68. Great Thoughts From H. G. Wells (1912)
69. Thoughts From H. G. Wells (1912)
70. Little Wars (1913)
71. The War That Will End War (1914)
72. An Englishman Looks at the World (1914); US title: Social Forces in England and America
73. The War and Socialism (1915)
74. The Peace of the World (1915)
75. What is Coming? (1916)
76. The Elements of Reconstruction (1916) – published under the pseudonym D. P.
77. God the Invisible King (1917)
78. War and the Future (a.k.a. Italy, France and Britain at War) (1917)
79. Introduction to Nocturne (1917)
80. In the Fourth Year (1918)
81. The Idea of a League of Nations (1919) – with Viscount Edward Grey, Lionel Curtis, William Archer, H. Wickham Steed, A. E. Zimmern, J. A. Spender, Viscount Bryce and Gilbert Murray
82. The Way to the League of Nations (1919) – with Viscount Edward Grey, Lionel Curtis, William Archer, H. Wickham Steed, A. E. Zimmern, J. A. Spender, Viscount Bryce and Gilbert Murray
83. The Outline of History (1920)
84. Russia in the Shadows (1920)
85. Frank Swinnerton (1920) – with Arnold Bennett, Grant Overton
86. The Salvaging of Civilization (1921)
87. A Short History of the World (1922)
88. Washington and the Hope of Peace (a.k.a. Washington and the Riddle of Peace) (1922)
89. Socialism and the Scientific Motive (1923)
90. The Story of a Great Schoolmaster: Being a Plain Account of the Life and Ideas of Sanderson of Oundle (1924)
91. A Year of Prophesying (1925)
92. A Short History of Mankind (1925)
93. Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History" (1926)
94. Wells' Social Anticipations (1927)
95. The Way the World is Going (1928)
96. The Book of Catherine Wells (1928)
97. The Open Conspiracy (a.k.a. What Are We To Do With Our Lives?) (1928)
98. The Science of Life (1930) – with Julian S. Huxley and G. P. Wells
99. Divorce as I See It (1930)
100. Points of View (1930)
101. The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1931)
102. The New Russia (1931)
103. Selections From the Early Prose Works of H. G. Wells (1931)
104. What Should be Done — Now: A Memorandum on the World Situation (1932)
105. After Democracy (1932)
106. Marxism vs Liberalism (1934) – with J. V. Stalin
107. Experiment in Autobiography (1934)
108. The New America: The New World (1935)
109. The Anatomy of Frustration (1936)
110. World Brain (1938)
111. The Fate of Homo Sapiens (a.k.a. The Fate of Man) (1939)
112. The New World Order (1939)
113. Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water (1939)
114. The Common Sense of War and Peace (1940)
115. The Rights of Man (1940)
116. The Pocket History of the World (1941)
117. Guide to the New World (1941)
118. The Outlook for Homo Sapiens (1942)
119. The Conquest of Time (1942)
120. Modern Russian and English Revolutionaries (1942) – with Lev Uspensky
121. Phoenix: A Summary of the Inescapable Conditions of World Reorganization (1942)
122. Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church (1943)
123. '42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir (1944)
124. Reshaping Man's Heritage (1944) – with J. B. S. Haldane, Julian S. Huxley
125. The Happy Turning (1945)
126. Mind at the End of Its Tether (1945)
127. Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction (1975)

When he was good he was very, very good, and when he was bad he was horrid ... See my post about him here.

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Gene Wolfe (2005)

Gene Rodman Wolfe (1931-2019)

Novels:


1. Operation Ares (1970)
   • Operation Ares. A Berkley Science Fiction Novel. New York: Berkley Medallion Books, 1970.
2. The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)
   • The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas. 1972. London: Quartet Books, 1975.
   • The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas. 1972. London: Arrow Books, 1984.
3. Peace (1975)
   • Peace. 1975. New English Library Paperbacks. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1989.
4. The Devil in a Forest (1976)
   • The Devil in a Forest. Ace Science Fiction. New York: Ace Books, 1976.
5. The Book of the New Sun
   1. The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)
   2. The Claw of the Conciliator (1981)
   3. The Sword of the Lictor (1982)
   4. The Citadel of the Autarch (1983)
   • The Book of the New Sun (1980-83)
     1. The Shadow of the Torturer. 1980. London: Arrow Books, 1983.
     2. The Claw of the Conciliator. 1981. London: Arrow Books, 1983.
     3. The Sword of the Lictor. 1982. London: Arrow Books, 1984.
     4. The Citadel of the Autarch. 1983. London: Arrow Books, 1983.
6. Free Live Free (1984)
   • Free Live Free. 1984. London: Arrow Books, 1986.
7. The Soldier series
   1. Soldier of the Mist (1986)
   2. Soldier of Arete (1989)
   3. Soldier of Sidon (2006)
   • The Soldier Series (1986-2006)
     1. Soldier of the Mist. 1986. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1987.
     2. Soldier of Arete. 1989. New English Library, 1990.
     3. Soldier of Sidon. A Tor Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006.
8. The Urth of the New Sun (1987)
   • The Urth of the New Sun. 1987. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1988.
9. There Are Doors (1988)
   • There Are Doors. 1988. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1990.
10. Castleview (1990)
    • Castleview. 1990. London: New English Library, 1991.
11. Pandora, By Holly Hollander (1990)
    • Pandora, By Holly Hollander. 1990. London: New English Library, 1991.
12. The Book of the Long Sun
    1. Nightside the Long Sun (1993)
    2. Lake of the Long Sun (1994)
    3. Caldé of the Long Sun (1994)
    4. Exodus From the Long Sun (1996)
    • The Book of the Long Sun (1993-96)
      1. Litany of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun. 1993 & 1994. An Orb Edition. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, n.d.
      2. Epiphany of the Long Sun: Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun. 1994 & 1996. An Orb Edition. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, n.d.
13. The Book of the Short Sun
    1. On Blue's Waters (1999)
    2. In Green's Jungles (2000)
    3. Return to the Whorl (2001)
14. The Wizard Knight
    1. The Knight (2004)
    2. The Wizard (2004)
    • The Wizard Knight. 2004. Gollancz. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2005.
15. Pirate Freedom (2007)
16. An Evil Guest (2008)
17. The Sorcerer's House (2010)
18. Home Fires (2011)
19. The Land Across (2013)
20. A Borrowed Man (2015)
    • A Borrowed Man. A Tor Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2015.
21. Interlibrary Loan (2020)
    • Interlibrary Loan. 2020. A Tor Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2021.

Story collections:


22. The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980)
    • The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories. New York: Pocket Books, 1980.
23. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981)
    • Gene Wolfe's Book of Days. 1981. London: Arrow Books, 1985.
24. The Wolfe Archipelago (1983)
    1. "Death of the Island Doctor" (1983)
    2. "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" (1970)
    3. "The Death of Dr. Island" (1973)
    4. "The Doctor of Death Island" (1978)
25. Plan(e)t Engineering (1984)
26. Bibliomen (1984)
27. Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988)
28. Endangered Species (1989)
    • Endangered Species. 1989. An Orbit Book. London: Futura Publications, 1990.
29. Castle of Days (1992)
    1. Castle of the Otter
    2. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days
30. The Young Wolfe (1992)
31. Strange Travelers (2000)
32. Latro in the Mist (2003)
    1. Soldier of the Mist
    2. Soldier of Arete
33. Innocents Aboard (2004)
34. Starwater Strains (2005)
    • Starwater Strains: New Science Fiction Stories. A Tor Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2005.
35. The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)
36. The Very Best of Gene Wolfe. Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson (2009)

Chapbooks:


37. At the Point of Capricorn (1983)
38. The Boy Who Hooked the Sun (1985)
39. Empires of Foliage and Flower: A Tale From the Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky (1987)
40. The Arimaspian Legacy (1988)
41. Slow Children at Play (1989)
42. The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin is the Sun (1991)
43. The Case of the Vanishing Ghost (1991)
44. The Grave Secret (1991)
45. [with Neil Gaiman] A Walking Tour of the Shambles (2002)
46. Talk of Mandrakes (2003)
47. Christmas Inn (2005)
48. Strange Birds (2006)
49. Memorare (2008)

Non-fiction:


50. The Castle of the Otter: Essays (1982)
51. Letters Home (1991)
52. Shadows of the New Sun: Essays (2007)

For sheer inventiveness and strangeness, Wolfe has a strong claim to be considered the greatest Science Fiction writer of modern times. That's if one can really consider him an SF writer, that is - his only real peers are other crossover hit-makers such as Lem and Le Guin.

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John Wyndham (1903-1969)

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (1903-1969)

Novels:


1. [as 'John B. Harris']: The Curse of the Burdens. Aldine Mystery Novels No. 17 (London: Aldine Publishing Co. Ltd. 1927)
2. [as 'John Beynon']: The Secret People (1935):
   • The Secret People. 1935. Coronet Books. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1972.
3. Foul Play Suspected (London: Newnes, 1935)
4. Planet Plane [aka 'The Space Machine'] (1936):
   • Stowaway to Mars. 1936. Coronet Books. 1972. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1977.
5. [as 'John Wyndham']: The Day of the Triffids [aka 'Revolt of the Triffids']. 1951. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1954.
6. The Kraken Wakes [aka 'Out of the Deeps']. 1953. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975.
7. The Chrysalids [aka 'Re-Birth']. 1955. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
8. The Midwich Cuckoos. 1957. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960.
9. Trouble with Lichen. 1960. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
10. Chocky. 1968. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.
11. Web. 1979. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980.
12. Plan for Chaos. [1951]. Ed. David Ketterer & Andy Sawyer. Introduction by Christopher Priest. 2009. London: Penguin, 2010.

Short Story Collections:


13. Jizzle. 1954. Four Square. London: New English Library, 1973.
    1. Jizzle
    2. Technical Slip
    3. A Present from Brunswick
    4. Chinese Puzzle
    5. Esmeralda
    6. How Do I Do?
    7. Una
    8. Affair of the Heart
    9. Confidence Trick
    10. The Wheel
    11. Look Natural, Please!
    12. Perforce to Dream
    13. Reservation Deferred
    14. Heaven Scent
    15. More Spinned Against
14. The Seeds of Time. 1956. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.
    1. Foreword by John Wyndham
    2. Chronoclasm
    3. Time To Rest
    4. Meteor
    5. Survival
    6. Pawley's Peepholes
    7. Opposite Number
    8. Pillar To Post
    9. Dumb Martian
    10. Compassion Circuit
    11. Wild Flower
15. Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter [US selection from 'Jizzle' and 'The Seeds of Time'] (1956)
    1. Chinese Puzzle
    2. Una
    3. The Wheel
    4. Jizzle
    5. Heaven Scent
    6. Compassion Circuit
    7. More Spinned Against
    8. A Present from Brunswick
    9. Confidence Trick
    10. Opposite Numbers
    11. Wild Flower
16. [with 'Lucas Parkes']: The Outward Urge. 1959 & 1961. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1962.
    1. The Space Station A.D. 1994 (1958)
    2. The Moon A.D. 2044 (1958)
    3. Mars A.D. 2094 (1958)
    4. Venus A.D. 2144 (1958)
    5. The Asteroids A.D. 2194 (1960)
17. Consider Her Ways and Others. 1961. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.
    1. Consider Her Ways
    2. Odd
    3. Stitch in Time
    4. Oh Where, Now, is Peggy MacRafferty?
    5. Random Quest
    6. A Long Spoon
18. The Infinite Moment [US edition of 'Consider Her Ways and Others', with two stories replaced] (1961)
    1. Consider Her Ways
    2. Odd
    3. How Do I Do
    4. Stitch In Time
    5. Random Quest
    6. Time Out
19. The Best of John Wyndham. London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1973.
    1. The Lost Machine (1932)
    2. The Man from Beyond (1934)
    3. The Perfect Creature (1937)
    4. The Trojan Beam (1939)
    5. Vengeance by Proxy (1940)
    6. Adaptation (1949)
    7. Pawley's Peepholes (1951)
    8. The Red Stuff (1951)
    9. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down (1951)
    10. Dumb Martian (1952)
    11. Close Behind Him (1952)
    12. The Emptiness of Space (1960)
20. [as ‘John Beynon’]: Sleepers of Mars. Introduction by Walter Gillings. Coronet Books. 1973. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1973.
    1. The Fate of the Martians, by Walter Gillings
    2. Sleepers of Mars (1939)
    3. Worlds to Barter (1931)
    4. Invisible Monster (1933)
    5. The Man from Earth (1934)
    6. The Third Vibrator (1933)
21. [as ‘John Beynon Harris’]: Wanderers of Time. Introduction by Walter Gillings. Coronet Books. 1973. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1974.
    1. Before the Triffids, by Walter Gillings
    2. Wanderers of Time [aka 'Love in Time'] (1933)
    3. Derelict of Space (1939)
    4. Child of Power (1939)
    5. The Last Lunarians (1934)
    6. The Puff-Ball Menace [aka 'Spheres of Hell'] (1933)
22. [as ‘John Beynon’]: Exiles on Asperus. Coronet Books. 1979. London: Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1980.
    1. Exiles on Asperus (1933)
    2. No Place Like Earth (1951)
    3. The Venus Adventure (1932)
23. No Place Like Earth [Some stories previously published in 'Jizzle', 'The Seeds of Time', 'Consider Her Ways and Others', Wanderers of Time' and 'Exiles on Asperus'] (2003)
    1. Derelict of Space
    2. Time to Rest
    3. No Place Like Earth
    4. In Outer Space There Shone a Star
    5. But a Kind of a Ghost
    6. The Cathedral Crypt
    7. A Life Postponed
    8. Technical Slip
    9. Una
    10. It's a Wise Child
    11. Pillar to Post
    12. The Stare
    13. Time Stops Today
    14. The Meddler
    15. Blackmoil
    16. A Long Spoon

Short stories:

[Included in Jizzle (1954); The Seeds of Time (1956);
Consider Her Ways and Others / The Infinite Moment {CW / IM} (1961);
Sleepers of Mars / Wanderers of Time / Exiles on Asperus {SM / WT / EA} (1973, 1974, 1979);
The Best of John Wyndham / No Place Like Earth {Best / NPE} (1973, 2003)]


24. Worlds to Barter {SM} (1931)
25. The Lost Machine {Best} (1932)
26. The Stare {NPE} (1932)
27. The Venus Adventure {EA} (1932)
28. Exiles on Asperus {EA} (1933)
29. Invisible Monster {SM} (1933)
30. The Puff-Ball Menace {WT} [aka 'Spheres of Hell'] (1933)
31. The Third Vibrator {SM} (1933)
32. Wanderers of Time {WT} [aka 'Love in Time'] (1933)
33. The Man from Earth {SM} [aka 'The Man from Beyond' {Best}] (1934)
34. The Last Lunarians {WT} [aka 'The Moon Devils'] (1934)
35. The Cathedral Crypt {NPE} (1935)
36. The Perfect Creature {Best} (1937)
37. Judson's Annihilator [aka 'Beyond the Screen'] (1938)
38. Sleepers of Mars {SM} (1938)
39. Child of Power {WT} (1939)
40. Derelict of Space {WT} {NPE} (1939)
41. The Trojan Beam {Best} (1939)
42. Vengeance by Proxy {Best} (1940)
43. Meteor (1941)
44. The Living Lies (1946)
45. Technical Slip {NPE} (1949)
46. Jizzle (1949)
47. Adaptation {Best} (1949)
48. Time to Rest {NPE} (1949)
49. The Eternal Eve (1950)
50. Pawley's Peepholes {Best} (1951)
51. The Red Stuff {Best} (1951)
52. No Place Like Earth {EA} {NPE} [aka 'Tyrant and Slave-Girl on Planet Venus'] (1951)
53. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down {Best} (1951)
54. A Present from Brunswick [aka 'Bargain from Brunswick'] (1951)
55. Pillar to Post {NPE} (1951)
56. The Wheel (1952)
57. Survival (1952)
58. Dumb Martian {Best} (1952)
59. Time Out {IM} (1953)
60. Close Behind Him {Best} (1953)
61. Time Stops Today {NPE} (1953)
62. Chinese Puzzle [aka 'A Stray from Cathay'] (1953)
63. Chronoclasm (1953)
64. Reservation Deferred (1953)
65. More Spinned Against (1953)
66. Confidence Trick (1953)
67. How Do I Do? {IM} (1953)
68. Affair of the Heart (1954)
69. Esmeralda (1954)
70. Heaven Scent (1954)
71. Look Natural, Please! (1954)
72. Never on Mars (1954)
73. Perforce to Dream (1954)
74. Una {NPE} (1954)
75. Opposite Number (1954)
76. Compassion Circuit (1954)
77. Wild Flower (1955)
78. Consider Her Ways {CW / IM} (1956)
79. But a Kind of Ghost {NPE} (1957)
80. The Meddler {NPE} (1958)
81. For All the Night [aka 'The Space Station A.D. 1994' - from The Outward Urge] (1958)
82. Idiot’s Delight [aka 'The Moon A.D. 2044' - from The Outward Urge] (1958)
83. The Thin Gnat-Voices [aka 'Mars A.D. 2094' - from The Outward Urge] (1958)
84. Space Is a Province of Brazil [aka 'Venus A.D. 2144' - from The Outward Urge] (1958)
85. A Long Spoon {CW} {NPE} (1960)
86. The Emptiness of Space [aka 'The Asteroids A.D. 2194' - from The Outward Urge] {Best} (1960)
87. Odd {CW / IM} (1961)
88. Oh, Where, Now, Is Peggy MacRafferty? {CW} (1961)
89. Random Quest {CW / IM} (1961)
90. Stitch in Time {CW / IM} (1961)
91. It's a Wise Child {NPE} (1962)
92. Chocky (1963)
93. In Outer Space There Shone a Star {NPE} (1965)
94. A Life Postponed {NPE} (1968)
95. 'Phase Two': Excerpt (1973)
96. Vivisection (2000)
97. Blackmoil {NPE} (2003)




Amy Binns: Hidden Wyndham: Life, Love, Letters (2019)


Secondary:


98. Amy Binns. Hidden Wyndham: Life, Love, Letters. London: Grace Judson Press, 2019.

One of the true greats of post-war Science Fiction: cut off in his prime, alas. A great deal of incidental information is available on the John Wyndham Archive website.

John Wyndham: Plan for Chaos (2009)

Worlds of SF

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