In these scintillating tales of the everadvancing dinochrome brigade, the most effective weapons ever devised ell their own story in actionpacked chronicles of extraterrestrial adventure. Worlds of the imperium seven from the stars 1962 o2n with marion zimmer bradley. It primarily revolves around the eponymous bolo, a type of selfaware tank. The triumphant bolos, book 3 keith laumer, david weber, linda evans. The long remembered thunder keith laumer aug 18, 2016.
He is the author of the freedoms rangers, cybernarc, warstrider, seals. The short story collection odyssey is edited by eric flint and written by keith laumer. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Order of eric flint books eric flint is an american author of science fiction, alternate history and fantasy novels and short stories. Series reading order, cover art, synopsis, sequels. The original bolo stories spawned a cottage industry of bolo books written after laumers death by some of the best military science fiction authors in. Keith laumer worked at his trade, creating a huge series of retief stories, both shorts and novels, imperium tales, and the bolo tank which has taken on a life of its own since laumers death with multiple writers.
In this story he displays the finesse, artistry and imagination of an. When a ruthless political regime seizes power on a world struggling to recover from alien invasion, a former war hero finds herself leading a desperate band of freedom fighters. Discover book depositorys huge selection of keith laumer books online. Nominated for two hugo and four nebula awards, he wrote novels, short stories, and adventure comics. Prior to becoming a fulltime writer, he was an officer in the united states air force and a diplomat in the united states foreign service.
What is the suggested reading order for the bolo series. In addition to using his original name for writing his novels, author keith also uses a few pen names, including ian douglas, keith douglass, robert cain, bill keith, h. Keith laumer laumer, keith used books, rare books and new books. Keith laumer, creator of the bolo series, was renowned both for his fastpaced stories of science fiction adventure, and for his comical stories of retief, the only twofisted diplomat in the galaxy. It puts you in the mood for more of laumer s work, and i would suggest a plague of demons as your next stop. The fate of the earth is in the hands of lieutenant commander greylorn in charge of the search for omega, and every decision he will make during mans first contact with an alien race first page. The bolo universe is a fictional universe based on a series of military science fiction books by author keith laumer. I read some of keith laumers retief books in my youth from the library and found him to be a writer with buccaneer playfulness. Retief series by keith laumer goodreads share book. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Here are the john ringo books in order for his currently published works. The book list is ordered in chronological and publication order. The project gutenberg ebook of the governor of glave, by. The project gutenberg ebook of the governor of glave, by keith laumer this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
A bad day for vermin gutenberg ebook laumer, keith, 19251993. For many people, keith mccafferty is just another vikingspenguins books author. Books by keith laumer authors like keith laumer what. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
His novels and story collections have gone through printing after printing for nearly four decades. See all books authored by keith laumer, including bolo, and the stars must wait, and more on. American sciencefiction author keith laumer 192593 created the bolo and reteif series of stories about selfaware tanks as well as tales of time travel and alternate realities. See the complete bolo series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Books by series coming soon new releases this months biggest new books. Follow keith laumer and explore their bibliography from s keith laumer author page.
I did think three by laumer was an odd choice for a book title until i checked and back in 1967, he had a book out called nine by laumer. The bolo book series by multiple authors includes books bolo, rogue bolo, the stars must wait, and several more. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Keith laumer author visit amazons keith laumer page. Keith laumer laumer, keith, 19251993 a wikipedia article about this author is available laumer, keith, 19251993, contrib bolo.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read retief. Keith laumer laumer, keith, 19251993 the online books page. Greylorn short story included, not greylorn collection, because included in gambler. Keith laumer laumer, keith, 19251993 the online books. In many of his books, keith has drawn upon the experiences that he gained while serving in the united states navy on the post of hospital. The lighter side 2002 future imperfect 2003 legions of space 2004 the long twilight and other stories 2007 earthblood and other stories 2008 with rosel george brown.
Keith laumers bolos are backand new york times more. Books by laumer, keith sorted by release date project. John keith laumer june 9, 1925 january 23, 1993 was an american science fiction author. Keith laumers bolos are backand new york times bestselling author john ringo has signed on with the bolo brigade. Humanity has been defeated by the rapacious niss millennia ago and lies scattered across the galaxy. Laumer was a captain in the us air force and later an officer in the diplomatic corps, serving all over the world, giving him a solid background both for his fastmoving action stories, including his bolo series, and his satirical retief adventures, which deftly skewer the bureaucratic mentality, whether human or alien. Who guards the guards the compleat bolo by keith laumer. John keith laumer 19250609june 9, 1925 19930123january 23, 1993 was an american science fiction author. Buy keith laumer ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Not in the public domain, i believe, but one of the most kickbutt scifi novels ever writen. Keith mccafferty is an award winning author that crafted a career out of writing and editing content about survival and the outdoors. This is a nice collection because it is laumers alone.
A plague stories, a plague stories by keith laumer. They first appeared in the short story combat unit 1960, and have since been featured in science fiction novels and short story anthologies by him. Probably no one wrote more exciting, actionpacked science fiction than keith laumer, and greylorn is a great example of his style. Below is a list of eric flints books in order of when they were originally released as well as in chronological order when necessary. A plague of demons book by keith laumer, eric flint.
The warrior breed, galactic marines and star carrier series. The invaders by keith laumer, first edition abebooks. All laumers original work appeared in the compleat bolo 1990. Jame retief is the main character in a series of satirical science fiction stories by keith laumer. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. What i wanted to do here does not include these pastiches, but looks at the original bolo tales and in the order they were written, with the hope of gleaming some idea of the evolution the idea has taken. Unrivaled in the history of artillery and unsurpassed in its ability to reason, bolo replaced man in that most human of endeavors. Greylorn by keith laumer abebooks shop for books, art. Greylorn by keith laumer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Earthblood by keith laumer, laumer, rosel george brown. Flint also works as an editor and as an epublisher for the baen free library. Earthblood by sf legend and bolo and retief saga creator keith laumer writing with awardwinning sf luminary rosel george brown. A plague of demons by keith laumer invisible aliens ruled the earth, and only one man could see themand they were hunting him down. As a diplomat, retief does not always follow procedure. Mar 01, 2004 keith laumer author visit amazons keith laumer page. Keith laumer books list of books by author keith laumer. The stories were written over a span of thirty years beginning in the early 1960s, without much regard for chronology or any particular scheme. Reading the john ringo books in order books reading order.
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