Last updated 11/24/09
Hello? Is Anybody There? (Orion, 1998.)
Children’s story of an encounter with an alien visitor.
GADALLAH, LESLIE
Cat’s Gambit (Del Rey, 1990.)
Oriani #2.
The catlike Oriani are facing extinction at the hands of a hostile invader, and their only hope lies on another, possibly mythical world. To get there, one of the Oriani must persuade a human space pirate to provide assistance.
Cat’s Pawn (Del Rey, 1987.)
Orinai #1.
A spaceman marooned on a planet of intelligent felines takes a job working for shady criminals and discovers that he is involved peripherally in a plot that endangers the peace of the entire galaxy. He resorts to friends among the natives to save the day.
Loremasters, The (Del Rey, 1988.)
In a decadent future world, science has been largely replaced by superstition, and one man’s efforts to aid his community by discovering a new energy source gets him branded as a witch and persecuted by fearful people.
GAIL, OTTO WILLI
By Rocket to the Moon (Sears, 1930.)
A reporter stows away aboard a moon flight.
Shot into Infinity, The (Garland, 1975.)
Rivalry in the quest to reach the moon leaves one astronaut marooned in space and the other ship forced to rush to completion in order to effect a rescue.
GAILLARD, STEPHEN
Pirates of the Sky, The (Rand McNally, 1915.)
Not seen.
GALANTER, DAVE (See also collaborations which follow.)
Troublesome Minds (Pocket, 2009.)
A Star Trek novel.
The crew encounter an alien with telepathy so powerful he can control the minds of others.
GALANTER, DAVE & BRODEUR, GREG
Battle Lines (Pocket, 1999.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The crew is taken hostage and Captain Janeway is forced to participate in an interplanetary war. Although their captors claim to have been wronged, she suspects otherwise.
Foreign Foes (Pocket, 1994.)
A Star Trek: The Next Generation novel.
Picard and company are sent to mediate between the Klingons and another bellicose race, but things go quickly awry when one of the ambassadors is murdered, and Worf is the prime suspect.
Maximum Warp Book One (Pocket, 2001.)
A Star Trek Next Generation novel.
For some reason, whole regions of space are becoming immune to modern technology, leaving starships stranded, colonies unable to communicate, and high tech civilization on the brink of collapse.
Maxium Warp Book Two (Pocket, 2001.)
A Star Trek Next Generation novel.
Captain Picard and his dubious Romulan ally discover an alien device that is altering the natural laws of the universe as a byproduct of preventing an inhabited planet from being destroyed.
GALLAGHER, DAN
Pleistocene Redemption, The (Ancient Prophecies Press, 1998.)
Experiments with genetic recreation of ancient lifeforms are underway in Iraq, and the US government decides to intervene when it appears the new knowledge will be turned into weapons technology.
GALLAGHER, DIANA G. (See collaboration which follows. Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Alex You’re Glowing (Minstrel, 1995.)
Alex Mack #1.
A teenager with psychokinetic and other powers struggles to fit in without revealing her secret abilities.
Alien Dark, The (TSR, 1990.)
A catlike alien race sends an exploration ship to an uninhabited system, searching for new territory to colonize, but the expeditions discovers mysterious remnants of a dead civilization.
Arcade (Pocket, 1995.)
A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel
For younger readers. Jake Sisko has to enter a virtual reality game that is seizing control of the minds of other kids aboard the station.
Bet You Can’t! (Minstrel, 1995.)
Alex Mack #2.
Alex tries to win a bet by going an entire day without using her extrasensory powers.
Canine Caper! (Minstrel, 1998.)
Alex Mack #26.
A teenager uses her psi powers to help animals escape from petnappers.
Day of Honor: Honor Bound (Pocket, 1987.)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel for younger readers #11.
Worf’s son has to struggle to control the Klingon side of his nature, which manifests itself in disruptive and violent incidents.
Frozen Stiff (Minstrel, 1997.)
Alex Mack #12.
Trapped in a commercial freezer, Alex’s superpowers can’t help her escape.
Go for the Gold (Minstrel, 1996.)
Alex Mack #8.
Her super powers get her a place on the Olympic team, but Alex has problems when a freak storm makes her a static electricity generator.
Gold Rush Fever (Minstrel, 1998.)
Alex Mack #30.
Alex matches her powers against an apparent ghost, and exposes a hoax.
Invasion (Minstrel, 1999.)
An Allen Strange novel.
An alien hiding on Earth recognizes a powerful alien artifact.
Milady Alex (Minstrel, 1997.)
Alex Mack #15.
An accident gives Alex amnesia and she forgets to control her super powers.
Mistaken Identity (Minstrel, 1996.)
Alex Mack #5.
Alex intervenes in an accident with her super powers, leading some of her friends to suspect that another friend has magical abilities.
New Year’s Revolution (Minstrel, 1997.)
Alex Mack #22.
Her resolve to change her image doesn’t quite work out when her super powers prove to be an obstacle.
Poison in Paradise (Minstrel, 1996.)
Alex Mack #?.
Alex uses her superpowers to prevent a company from polluting the environment.
Tale of the Pulsating Gate, The (Minstrel, 1998.)
Are You Afraid of the Dark #18.
The gate to another universe proves more trouble than help to an unhappy youngster.
Witch Hunt! Witch Hunt! (Minstrel, 1995.)
Alex Mack #?
Some of her fellow students see Alex using her super powers and decide she’s a witch who must be killed.
Zappy Holidays (Minstrel, 1996.)
Alex Mack #10.
A teenager uses telekinesis to try to stimulate some Christmas spirit.
GALLAGHER, DIANA & BURKE, MARTIN
Chance Factor, The (Pocket, 1987.)
A Star Trek: Voyager: Starfleet Academy novel.
Young Janeway visits a menagerie planet as part of her training, and gets caught in the middle of a rising tide of violence.
GALLAGHER, RICHARD
Doomsday Committee, The (Award, 1970, Tandem, 1970.)
A group of black militants seizes an American town in what they hope will be the early stages of a nationwide revolution.
GALLAGHER, STEPHEN (See also Stephen Couper and John Lydecker. Also writes Horror.)
Chimera (Sphere, 1982, St Martins, 1982.)
A government research project creates an apeman whose unusual nature results in the deaths of numerous people..
Last Rose of Summer, The (Corgi, 1978.)
One man becomes a reluctant rebel in a totally regulated future world government.
Oktober (New English Library, 1988, Tor, 1989.)
An experimental drug restores a man to life, and the corporation responsible is determined to keep the secret for itself. But the revived man refuses to remain passive when, years later, he discovers the drug has also provided him with some unusual abilities for self defense, and revenge.
Saturn 3 (Sphere, 1980, from the screenplay by Martin Amis.)
A remote research station near Saturn is host to unwelcome visitors in the form of an obsessed scientist and a dangerous robot that develops its own agenda, nearly killing everyone else in the process.
GALLERY, DANIEL F.
Brink, The (Doubleday, 1968, Paperback Library, 1969.)
A submarine armed with nuclear weapons is victim of a malfunction that nearly starts World War III.
GALLION, JANE
Biker (Essex House, 1969.)
Erotica.
GALLUN, RAYMOND Z. (See also William Callahan.)
Best of Raymond Z. Gallun, The (Del Rey, 1978.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Bioblast (Berkley, 1985.)
A man reveals that he has extraordinary powers, caused by a mutation that makes him literally superhuman. Is this the indication of a benevolent new human mutation, or is he a monster whose existence endangers the entire human race?
Eden Cycle, The (Ballantine, 1974.)
A signal from outer space allows humans to develop an entirely new technology, one which shapes the entire course of human development. But is this a wonderful gift, or a sinister plan to prevent the human race from expanding into space.
People Minus X (Ace, 1958, bound with Lest We Forget Thee, Earth by Calvin Knox. Simon & Schuster, 1957.)
An experimental scientific technique helps to restore the personalities of people who were killed in a planetwide catastrophe, but tensions grow between those who survived and those who were revived, because the latter are subtly different.
Planet Strappers, The (Pyramid, 1961.)
A handful of visionaries develop their own space program and set out on the first expedition to Mars.
Skyclimber (Tower, 1981.)
A nuclear war has ravaged Earth and the Mars colony has been left to fend for itself. Faced with almost certain death, some of the colonists come up with a plan to force the home world to continue to support them.
GALOUYE, DANIEL F.
Counterfeit World. (See Simulacron-3.)
Dark Universe (Bantam, 1961, Gollancz, 1962, Sphere, 1967, Gregg, 1976.)
Human civilization survives a nuclear war by living underground in primitive conditions complicated by the total absence of light. As a consequence, hearing is the sense used to move around and interact with this environment, and the surface world has been forgotten until circumstances force the protagonist to rediscover it.
Infinite Man, The (Bantam, 1973.)
Two superhuman creatures with the power to destroy the universe move their struggle to Earth, where one of them invades the body of an otherwise ordinary human.
Last Leap and Other Stories of the Super-Mind, The (Corgi, 1964.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Lords of the Psychon (Bantam, 1963.)
Earth has been conquered by an enigmatic alien race whose ultimate plan to transform the Earth and eradicate humankind must be foiled by a small group of survivors.
Lost Perception, The. (See A Scourge of Screamers.)
Project Barrier (Gollancz, 1968, Sphere, 1970.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Scourge of Screamers, A (Bantam, 1968, Corgi, 1968. Gollancz, 1966, as The Lost Perception.)
The human race faces extinction when a new plague devastates the world, one which causes its victims to scream in endless pain.
Simulacron-3 (Bantam, 1964. Sphere, 1970, Gollancz, 1964, both as Counterfeit World.)
In order to provide better public opinion polls, a team of scientists build a device that totally simulates a human environment. But when several of their number are killed, the survivor realizes that he is in fact living in a synthetic environment himself, and that he is a radical element slated to be eliminated.
GAMBOE, SCOTT
Killing Frost, The (Medallion, 2006.)
An interstellar civilization is torn by civil war.
GANDON, YVES
Last White Man, The (Cassell, 1947.)
Chemical warfare in the future wipes out the caucasian race.
GANEM, LAWRENCE (See collaboration with John Zakour.)
California Dreaming (Hale, 1981.)
Not seen.
GANN, ERNEST K.
Brain 2000 (Doubleday, 1980.)
Satire about upsetting the Earth’s gravitational field.
GANN, WILLIAM
Tunnel Thru the Air, The (Financial Guardian, 1927.)
Religious faith solves a depression and ends a world war.
GANNETT, LEWIS (Also writes Horror.)
Living One, The (Random House, 1993, Plume, 1994.)
Murky novel about a family cursed with ESP through various generations. There’s a family curse which appears to be the manifestation of a group mind that consumes each generation.
Magazine Beach (Harper, 1996.)
In a repressive near future America, terrorists are threatening to explode nuclear devices under the ice caps and cause a new flood that will inundate much of the inhabited portion of the world.
GANTHONY, RICHARD & LURGAN, LESTER
Message from Mars, A (Greening, 1912.)
Not seen.
GANTZ, KENNETH F.
Not in Solitude (Doubleday, 1959, Berkley, 1961, Dobson, 1966.)
The first expedition to Mars discovers that parts of the planet are covered by a mysterious form of plant life, but that the plant life is conscious and able to work as a group. The plants exert a mysterious force that prevents them from leaving the planet.
GARBO, NORMAN
Movement, The (Morrow, 1969.)
A near revolution rocks the US.
GARCIA, ERIC
Anonymous Rex (Villard, 1999, Berkley, 2001.)
Rex #1.
Dinosaurs aren’t extinct, they have just camouflaged themselves so that they can pass as human, and they make up a large percentage of the population. The protagonist of this satire is a velociraptor/policeman.
Casual Rex (Berkley, 2001.)
Rex #2.
Second published, but actually a prequel. In a world where dinosaurs masquerade as humans, a private detective must rescue a young friend from a cult that wants to abandon the disguises.
Hot and Sweaty Rex (Villard, 2004, Ace, 2005.)
Rex #3.
A dinosaur private eye battles organized dinosaur crime.
GARCIA Y ROBERTSON, R. (Also writes Fantasy.)
Atlantis Found (Avon, 1997.)
An expedition 20,000 years into the past discovers that at that time the Earth was home to individuals with superhuman powers, and as a consequence are almost trapped away from their own time.
Virgin and the Dinosaur, The (Avon, 1997.)
Two time travelers are nearly stranded in the age of dinosaurs, but they manage to escape and after various adventures return to their own time with enough filmed footage to make them famous. Unfortunately, fame brings enemies as well as friends.
Dawn Chorus (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
GARDNER, ALAN
Escalator, The (Muller, 1963, Consul, 1965.)
Marginal thriller about a hijacked nuclear submarine.
GARDNER, CRAIG SHAW (Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Back to the Future II (Berkley, 1989, Headline, 1989, based on the screenplay by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis. )
Marty McFly returns to the past in another epic battle with his long time enemy, who has found a way to alter history to his benefit.
Back to the Future III (Berkley, 1990, Headline, 1990, based on the screenplay by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis.)
The protagonists are lost in time again, and this time Marty must find a way to reach the Old West to save the life of his friend and return the time stream to normal.
Batman (Warner, 1989, Futura, 1989, based on the screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren.)
A Batman novel.
The Joker has a falling out with his employer that causes the disfigurement that leads to his new identity. In that guise, he assassinates the local crimelords and sets out to destroy Gotham City entirely as part of his plan of revenge.
Batman Murders, The (Warner, 1990, Penguin, 1991.)
A Batman novel.
The Joker is abducting prominent citizens of Gotham City and framing Batman for the crimes in his latest plot to destroy the reputation of his arch foe.
Batman Returns (Warner, 1992, Mandarin, 1992, based on the screenplay by Daniel Waters & Sam Hamm.)
A Batman novel.
Batman is discredited when Catwoman and the Penguin team up to frame him for a crime he didn't commit. Meanwhile, the Penguin is running for mayor of Gotham City and Catwoman wants revenge on her real identity's boss.
Cylons' Secret, The (Tor, 2006, Gollancz, 2007.)
A Battlestar Galactica novel.
Scavengers stumble across an installation in space that is still manned by the Cylons.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (Boulevard, 1999.)
A Spiderman novel.
A crimelord and a crooked candidate for mayor are behind a plot to use two of Spiderman’s old enemies to frame him for murder and remove him as a force opposed to their plans for the city.
GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY
Human Zero: The Science Fiction Stories of Erle Stanley Gardner, The (?, 1981.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
GARDNER, GERALD (See collaboration with Dee Caruso.)
GARDNER, JAMES ALAN (Also writes Fantasy.)
Ascending ??
Commitment Hour (Avon, 1998.)
A musician struggles to find a future for himself on an Earth that has been abandoned by most of the human race.
Expendable (Avon, 1997.)
Expendables #1.
The galaxy is ruled by a benevolent but unexciting government that sends all of its misfits to remote areas of space on exploratory missions. Now two of these are assigned to convey a possible unstable military officer to a world that has already swallowed several previous expeditions.
Gravity Wells (Eos, 2005.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Hunted (Avon, 2000.)
Expendables #2.
A man genetically designed to be almost superhuman has innate flaws which make him a disappointment to his family. When he accompanies his twin sister to a distant planet and she dies, his family holds him to blame. Many years later, a new crisis in that system will enable him to find himself.
Radiant (Eos, 2004.)
Expendables #3.
A small group of explorers are sent on a mission to counter the aims of a sentient being known as the Balrog.
Trapped (Avon Eos, 2002.)
Murder at an exclusive private school on Earth involves the planet in a homicide case which could change the future of the human race.
Vigilant (Avon, 1999.)
Humans and aliens lived in relative peace on the planet Demoth until a mysterious plague threatened both species. A doctor finds a cure, after which he dies in an apparent accident. His daughter, who has become a monitor watching for government corruption, discovers that she is the target of assassins.
GARDNER, J.J.
Perils of Quadrant X, The (Scholastic, 1998.)
A Lost in Space novel.
Kids battle to survive in an alien dimension.
Robotworld (Scholastic, 1998.)
A Lost in Space novel.
The Robinsons discover that their robot has taken them to a planet ruled by his kind, after which he disappears. Can they find him or should they journey on without him?
Warriors (Scholastic, 1998.)
A Lost in Space novel.
A planet of dragons.
GARDNER, JOHN
For Special Services (Coward, McCann, & McGeoghan, 1982, Berkley, 1983.)
A James Bond novel.
Spectre is back, led by Blofeld's daughter, using a drug that compels instantaneous obedience to authority in order to steal the secret of an orbiting killer satellite system from NORAD headquarters.
License Renewed (Richard Marek, 1981, Berkley, 1982.)
A James Bond novel.
Marginal bit about terrorists seizing control of several nuclear power plants as part of an international blackmail plot.
GARDNER, MAURICE
Bantan and the Island Goddess (Meador, 1942.)
Bantan #2.
Not seen.
Bantan and the Mermaids (Gaus, 1970.)
Bantan #9.
Not seen.
Bantan Defiant (Greenwich, 1955.)
Bantan #3.
Not seen.
Bantan Fearless (Forum, 1963.)
Bantan #8.
Not seen.
Bantan - Godlike Islander. (See Bantan of the Islands.)
Bantan Incredible (Forum, 1960.)
Bantan #6.
Not seen.
Bantan of the Islands (Meador, 1936. Also from same publisher as Bantan - Godlike Islander.)
Bantam #1.
Not seen. A Tarzan imitation.
Bantan Primeval (Forum, 1961.)
Bantan #7.
Not seen.
Bantan’s Island Peril (Meador, 1959.)
Bantan #5.
Not seen.
Bantan Valiant (Meador, 1957.)
Bantan #4.
Not seen.
GARDNER, RICHARD
Mandrill (Pocket, 1975.)
A scientist tracks down some of the last living baboons not in captivity for an experiment that reveals that human evolution was not by chance, that we were genetically manipulated by extraterrestrial powers.
GARFIELD, BRIAN
Deep Cover (Delacorte, 1971, Dell, 1972.)
Marginal paranoid political novel about Russian agents who virtually take over a secret military installation and plan to use it as leverage to bring down the US government.
Line of Succession (Delacorte, 1972, Dell, 1974.)
The US is on the verge of a coup after terrorists destroy the Capitol, kill many members of Congress, and kidnap the President elect shortly before his inauguration.
GARFINKLE, RICHARD
All of An Instant (Tor, 1999.)
A battle is waged for control of a place outside of the normal timestream from which all time past and future can be manipulated and changed.
Celestial Matters (Tor, 1996.)
Interesting Uchronian novel in which the universe itself was formed differently, such that Ptolemy was right and the Earth is the center around which the sun rotates, and the space in between is navigable by means of sailed boats. Alexander’s empire and the Delian league compete to be the first to discover the secrets of the outer spheres.
GARFORTH, JOHN
Floating Game, The (Berkley, 1967, Panther, 1967.)
An Avengers novel.
Steed and Mrs. Peel team up to thwart a joint Mafia-Soviet plot to bring down the British government using Chinese brainwashing techniques.
Heil Harris! (Panther, 1967.)
An Avengers novel.
Not seen,.
Laugh Was on Lazarus, The (Berkley, 1967, Panther, 1967.)
An Avengers novel.
An obscure method is found to animate corpses and turn them into assassins as the perpetrators plot to destroy the Pentagon with a nuclear weapon.
GARIS, HOWARD R.
Rocket Riders Across the Ice (Burt, 1933.)
Rocket Riders #1.
Not seen.
Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas (Burt, 1933.)
Rocket Riders #3.
A young boy’s adventures in the near future where rockets are a common form of travel.
Rocket Riders in the Air (Burt, 1934.)
Rocket Riders #4.
Not seen.
Rocket Riders Over the Desert (Burt, 1933.)
Rocket Riders #2.
Not seen.
Tam of the Fire Cave (Appleton, 1927.)
A story of prehistory.
GARLAND, MARK (See also collaboration which follows.)
Trial by Error (Pocket, 1997.)
A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel.
Quark’s latest scheme to make a fortune causes an interstellar uproar, and some of the angry victims are ready to destroy the station if necessary to get their money back.
GARLAND, MARK A. & MCGRAW, CHARLES G. (Also writes Fantasy.)
Ghost of a Chance (Pocket, 1996.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The Voyager stops off to see if there is any way they can help the inhabitants of a planet about to be destroyed by a series of devastating volcanic eruptions. But while in orbit, they begin to experience prescient visions of their own doom.
GARN, JAKE & COHEN, STEPHEN PAUL
Night Launch (Morrow, 1989, G.K. Hall, 1990.)
A space shuttle is hijacked by terrorists, so a daring rescue operation is mounted to recapture it while still in orbit..
GARNER, GRAHAM
Rifts of Time (Hale, 1976.)
Not seen.
Space Probe (Hale, 1974.)
Not seen.
Starfall Muta (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
GARNER, ROLF (Pseudonym of Bryan Berry, whom see.)
Immortals, The (Panther, 1953.)
Venus #1.
A solar civilization has collapsed and science is just beginning to re-emerge among the primitive cities of human colonized Venus. The protagonist struggles against superstition in his quest to wrest ancient secrets from the artifacts of the older culture.
Indestructible, The (Panther, 1954.)
Venus #3.
An inquisitive Venusian colonist builds a spaceship in order to find out what has happened to civilization on Earth. Upon arrival, they find that humanity's war machines have continued the conflict even after their creators have gone.
Resurgent Dust (Panther, 1953.)
Venus #2.
An escaped slave on Venus continues his quest to learn about science, which his culture wraps in the trappings of religion. He eventually becomes an aristocrat and sets about constructing a spaceship with which to cross the void and visit Earth.
GARNER, WILLIAM
Overkill (New American Library, 1966, Signet, 1969.)
An intelligent robot hatches a plot to destroy all human life on Earth, but is opposed and eventually defeated by a self doubting spy.
Us or Them War, The (Putnam, 1969, Berkley, 1970.)
Just as the US and USSR are about to ban nuclear weapons, Britain emerges as a superpower with the discovery of a new superweapon and the former enemies become allies against the upstarts.
GARNETT, DAV (See also David S. Garnett, David Lee, and Fantasy as David Ferring.)
Mirror in the Sky (Berkley, 1969, Hale, 1973.)
Earth has been involved in a war with aliens so long that most of the population is drugged to keep them working for the war effort. When one soldier develops an immunity to the drugs, he discovers that the war is an elaborate hoax.
Starseekers (Berkley, 1971, Hale, 1975.)
An ambitious, conniving man is driven from Earth but is pursued from world to world by his enemies.
GARNETT, DAVID S. (See also Dav Garnett, David Lee,, and Fantasy as David Ferring.)
Bikini Planet (Warner, 2000, Orbit, 2000, Roc, 2001)
Comic novel about the battle for control of a planetary resort.
Cosmic Carousel (Hale, 1976.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Forgotten Dimension, The (Hale, 1975.)
Unrest on Earth as the result of interference from another dimension.
Phantom Universe (Hale, 1975.)
A space pilot’s personality is locked in the body of a warrior in a possibly imaginary world.
Space Wasters (Orbit, 2001.)
While vacationing on a resort world, the protagonist discovers that his wife has been abducted, and he is coerced into becoming an agent for an interstellar internal revenue service.
Stargonauts (?)
Time in Eclipse (Hale, 1974, Arrow, 1976.)
A ruined Earth is the battleground for people and creatures from various periods in the planet’s history, everything from ancient warriors to high tech superweapons.
GARON, MARCO (House pseudonym. All titles are marginal Tarzan imitations and all shown here are by Dennis Talbot Hughes.)
Black Fury (?, 1951.)
Brandon #3.
Not seen.
Black Sport (?, 1951.)
Brandon #5.
Not seen.
Bush Claws (?, 1951.)
Brandon #6.
Not seen.
Death Warriors (?, 1951.)
Brandon #2.
Not seen.
Fire Tribes (?, 1952.)
Brandon #11.
Not seen.
Jungle Allies (?, 1951.)
Brandon #1.
Not seen.
Leopard God (?, 1952.)
Brandon #9.
Not seen.
Mountain Gold (?, 1952.)
Brandon #12.
Not seen.
Silent River (?, 1951.)
Brandon #7.
Not seen.
Snake Valley (?, 1952.)
Brandon #10.
Not seen.
Veldt Warriors (?, 1951.)
Brandon #8.
Not seen.
White Gold (?, 1951.)
Brandon #4.
Not seen.
GARRETT, RANDALL (See also Mark Philips and Robert Randall, and collaborations which follow. See also collaboration with Robert Silverberg. Also writes Fantasy.)
Best of Randall Garrett, The (Pocket, 1982.)
Collection of mostly unrelated stories.
Starship Death. (See Unwise Child.)
Takeoff! )Starblaze, 1979.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Takeoff Too! (Starblaze, 1987.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Unwise Child (Doubleday, 1962, Mayflower, 1963. Leisure, ?, as Starship Death.)
A traveling starship is troubled by a saboteur who first disables the ship and then begins murdering members of the crew. Aboard the ship is a revolutionary, but occasionally dangerously precocious robot whose owners are looking for a quiet planet upon which to complete their study.
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN
Bronze of Eddarta, The (Bantam, 1983.)
Gandalara #3.
A handful of warriors infiltrate a desert fortress to steal a mysterious gem that contains a form of power that could make its owner ruler of the entire world of Gandalara.
Gandalara Cycle I, The (Bantam, 1986.)
Omnibus of the first three Gandalara novels.
Gandalara Cycle II, The (Bantam, 1986.)
Omnibus of the second three Gandalara novels.
Glass of Dyskornis, The (Bantam, 1982.)
Gandalara #2.
To evade his enemies, the protagonist joins a desert legion, but is soon caught up in another theft, this time of precious jewels.
Return to Eddarta (Bantam, 1985.)
Gandalara #6.
After much journeying and many perilous adventures, the protagonists return to their home city for a confrontation that will set the course of future history for their world.
River Wall, The (Bantam, 1986.)
Gandalara #7.
The final battle for control of a desert world, involving forces that verge on the supernatural, although the exact nature of their power is never explicitly stated. A villain who plots to become dictator goes down to his final defeat. More volumes in the series may have been planned, but Garrett died before this volume appeared.
Search for Ka, The (Bantam, 1984.)
Gandalara #5.
A quest for a legendary sword that will establish credentials for the assumption of a throne leads the protagonist to mentally travel back through time to seek knowledge from an earlier age.
Steel of Raithskar, The (Bantam, 1981.)
Gandalara #1.
Opening volume of an intelligent Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche about a man who is somehow transported into the body of a warrior on another world, where he is accused of murder and robbery. His telepathic link with a variety of giant lion helps him elude capture.
Well of Darkness, The (Bantam, 1983.)
Gandalara #4.
The heroes have stolen a powerful gemstone and are fleeing their enemy across the desert, but their wanderings bring them within range of even greater dangers.
GARRISON, JIM
Star Spangled Contract, The (McGraw Hill, 1976, Warner, 1977.)
Marginal thriller about a secret government within the US government.
Sea Hunter (Morrow, 2003, Harper, 2003.)
An ambitious nature film photographer and the owner of a catamaran run into trouble when they encounter a wealthy man who has secretly bred a new type of dolphin for use as a weapon.
GARRON, MARCO (House pseudonym.)
Jungle Fever (Curtis Warren, 1951.)
Azan #3.
A jungle man discovers that foreign agents are flying experimental flying saucers from bases in the jungle.
King Hunters (Curtis Warren, 1951.)
Azan #6.
Nazis and mad scientists in the jungle.
Lost City, The (Curtis Warren, 1950.)
Azan #2.
A lost city of prehistoric humans.
Missing Safari, The (Curtis Warren, 1950.)
Azan #1.
No fantastic element in this jungle adventure.
Tribal War (Curtis Warren, 1951.)
Azan #5.
No fantastic element in this jungle adventure.
White Fangs (Curtis Warren, 1951.)
Azan #4.
Jungle warfare involving a species of giant ape.
GARSON, PAUL
Great Quill, The (Doubleday, 1973.)
The world has disintegrated and England is the battleground for various forces whose powers are so great that they are nearly magical.
GARTH, WILL (Believed to be Alexander Samalman.)
Dr. Cyclops (Phoenix Press, 1940, Centaur, 1976.)
Old fashioned adventure story about a mad scientist in South America who is experimenting with methods of reducing animals to tiny living creatures, and who decides to use human visitors as experimental subjects.
GARTON, RAY (Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Biofire (CD Publications, 1997.)
A woman escapes from her husband’s company after he uses her as an experimental subject. With her psi powers awakened, she sets out to bring the villains to justice and protect the world from their sinister scheme.
Invaders from Mars (Pocket, 1986, Grafton, 1986, from the screenplay by Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby, and Richard Blake.)
Martians establish an underground base near a small town and implant devices in the local humans to turn them into their puppets. A young boy discovers what’s going on, and eventually convinces enough adults to cause a military expedition.
GARVIN, RICHARD M. & ADDEO, EDMOND G.
Fortec Conspiracy, The (Sherbourne Press, 1968, Signet, 1969.)
A man suspicious about the circumstances of his brother’s death infiltrates a government project and discovers that they have the bodies of five aliens, and that those bodies carry a disease that could wipe out the human race.
Talbott Agreement, The (Sherbourne Press, 1968, Award, 1969.)
Spies discover that the Chinese have developed a mind controlling weapon and plan to use it against the free world.
GARYS, WALTER (Pseudonym of Walter Lubars and Gary Woonteiler.)
Detonator, The (Tower, 1981.)
An extortionist plants five hundred bombs underneath Manhattan and threatens to destroy the entire island in this unlikely, marginal thriller.
GASKELL, JANE (Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Sweet Sweet Summer, A (Hodder, 1969, Sphere, 1971, St Martins, 1972.)
Aliens have isolated the British Isles from the rest of the world, and under their rule the country declines into violence and feudalism. The protagonist is a tough young woman who struggles to survive in this bizarre new world.
GASKIN, CAROL (See also Alex McDonough and collaboration which follows.)
Caravan to China (Bantam, 1987.)
Time Machine #21.
Multi-path gamebook.
Death Mask of Pancho Villa, The (Bantam, 1987.)
Time Machine #19.
Multi-path gamebook.
First Settlers, The (Bantam, 1987.)
Multi-path gamebook.
Journey to the Center of the Atom (Scholastic, 1987.)
An Explorer gamebook.
Multi-path gamebook about the world hidden inside an atom.
Legend of Hiawatha, The (Bantam, 1986.)
Multi-path gamebook.
Secret of the Royal Treasure (Bantam, 1986.)
Time Machine #13.
Multi-path gamebook.
GASKIN, CAROL & GUTHRIDGE, GEORGE (Gaskin also writes Fantasy.)
Death Mask of Pancho Villa (Bantam, 1987.)
Multi-path gamebook.
GASPERINI, JIM
Mystery of Atlantis, The (Bantam, 1985.)
Time Machine #8.
Multi-path gamebook.
Sail With Pirates (Bantam, 1985.)
Time Machine #4.
Multi-path gamebook.
Secret of the Knights (Bantam, 1984.)
Multi-path gamebook in which you travel back to the time of jousting and knights.
GASTINE, L.
War in Space (Walter Scott, 1913, translated from the French by G.H. Marchat.)
Future war between France and Germany.
GAT, DMITRI
Shepherd Is My Lord, The (Doubleday, 1971.)
Not seen.
GATCH, TOM
King Julian (Vantage, 1955.)
Uchronia in which George Washington accepted the crown as King.
GATES, R. PATRICK (Also writes Horror.)
"Vaders (Leisure, 2007.)
Wildly improbable story of alien spores that turn people into giant cannibals.
GATISS, MARK
Last of the Gadarene (BBC, 2000.)
A Doctor Who novel.
A seemingly peaceful English village is actually the site of a terrible menace to all of humankind. The Doctor intervenes in time to stop a plot involving an inhuman marsh creature.
Nightshade (Doctor Who Books, 1992.)
A Doctor Who New Adventure.
The Doctor decides to travel to 1968 and spend some time in a peaceful British village, but a series of murders disturbs his rest, and the killings appear to be linked to some mysterious signals from outer space. The local inhabitants are frightened by apparent ghosts from their past that appear just before they die.
Roundheads, The (BBC, 1997.)
A Doctor Who novel.
The Doctor is imprisoned in 17th Century London where he must escape not only to ensure his own freedom, but to prevent a change in human history.
St. Anthony's Fire (Doctor Who Books, 1994.)
A Doctor Who New Adventure.
The Doctor arrives on a world inhabited by intelligent reptiles who are engaged in a neverending war while earthquakes and other disasters seem to indicate that some force is working behind the scenes to keep the planet in turmoil.
Salvation (BBC, 1998.)
A Doctor Who novel.
Not seen.
GAUGER, RICK
Charon’s Ark (Del Rey, 1987.)
An airliner full of high school students is kidnapped to a moon of Pluto by aliens who enlist their help. Their dying colony is doubly menaced by low energy levels and a computer program that seems designed to destroy them all.
GAVIN, JAMILA
Ali and the Robots (Methuen, 1986.)
Not seen.
GAWRON, JEAN MARK
Algorithm (Berkley, 1978.)
Galactic civilization has been greatly transformed, and Earth has become a decadent fringe world. Some parties aren’t happy with the change, and are willing to use mercenaries and assassins to change the status quo.
Apology for Rain, An (Doubleday, 1974.)
A future America torn by a low key but very real civil war is the setting for this story of a woman’s quest for her brother, and the power she discovers in herself in the process of finding him.
Dream of Glass (Harcourt Brace, 1993.)
A young woman with extraordinary powers is enslaved and brainwashed by a repressive state that uses artificial intelligences to bolster its power, but she eventually wakens from her conditioned trance and takes a hand in the events to come.
GAY, ANNE
Brooch of Azure Midnight, The (Orbit, 1991.)
An entrepreneur is engaged in a complex plan to seize control of one of the interstellar trading consortiums when the discovery of instantaneous matter transmission pulls the rug out from under his operation and the corporation. So he hatches a new plan.
Mindsail (MacDonald, 1990, Orbit, 1991.)
The protagonist is a woman on a lost colony world who is doomed by her rigid society to marry a man she detests because of their genetic traits. When a stranger enters her life, his presence suggests another course, open rebellion against the colonial government.
GAYLE, HENRY K.
Spawn of the Vortex (Comet, 1957.)
An army of monsters emerges from the ocean.
GAYTON, BERTRAM
Gland Stealers, The (Jenkins, 1922.)
Not seen. Longevity.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL (See also collaborations which follow. Also writes Horror.)
Artifact, The (DAW, 1990.)
A group of diplomats from various planets, many of whom are on the verge of declaring war on one another, sets off on a mission to investigate a mysterious alien artifact. Unbeknownst to them, the artifact is actually an ancient trap designed to destroy them all.
Athena Factor, The (Forge, 2005.)
Marginal thriller about efforts to develop genetic engineering.
Relic of Empire (DAW, 1992.)
Forbidden Borders #2.
Two human empires are drawing ever closer to war, a war that could leave both of their empires destroyed. A prominent mercenary leader tries to quietly nudge things toward a peaceful solution, but one party has already begun applying pressure to force him to lead their forces in a pre-emptive strike against the other.
Requiem for the Conqueror (DAW, 1991.)
Forbidden Borders #1.
The human race is confined by an impenetrable gravity barrier to a small number of star systems. The leader of a particularly effective mercenary band is at the height of popularity when he discovers that his son, whom he presumed dead, is still alive.
Starstrike (DAW, 1990.)
Aliens arrive on Earth and seize control of the planet, forcing the best of this world’s armies to enlist in their planned attack on an enemy satellite. The soldiers suspect, however, that their theoretical ally is actually their most dangerous enemy.
Warriors of Spider, The (DAW, 1988.)
Spider #1.
The human populated planets of the galaxy are ruled by a government that uses genetically altered humans to interface with its computers. The status quo falls into question when a new colony is discovered, the inhabitants of which have evolved a warrior society that may be the key to overthrowing the government.
Way of Spider, The (DAW, 1989.)
Spider #2.
Open rebellion threatens the stability of the human empire, and the inhabitants of the only world whose people have not been conditioned against violence are about to play a pivotal role in the future of all humankind.
Web of Spider, The (DAW, 1989.)
Spider #3.
The rebellion has suffered a setback but is not yet defeated. Its leaders flee to another world, from which they use a rediscovered technology to recondition human beings into ruthless, fanatical soldiers, the fuel for a holy war that could ravage all of the worlds of humanity.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL & GEAR, KATHLEEN O’NEAL (See W. Michael Gear alone and Kathleen Gear as Kathleen O’Neal.)
Dark Inheritance (Warner, 2001.)
Genetic engineers dramatically increase the intelligence of apes, but there are sinister forces moving behind the scenes.
People of the Earth (Tor, 1992.)
People #3.
Interpersonal struggles within a prehistoric colony in North America, written by two archaeologists.
People of the Fire (Tor, 1991.)
People #2.
A band of prehistoric wanderers tries to settle in the Rocky Mountains, but a terrible drought threatens to wipe them all out.
People of the Lakes (Tor, 1994.)
People #6.
A brave woman sets off to destroy a sacred artifact that could cause a war among the peoples of prehistoric North America, but a party of warriors pursues her, preferring to precipitate the conflict.
People of the Masks (Tor, 1998.)
People #7.
A young boy believed to have magical powers is the focus of a power struggle in a primitive society.
People of the Moon (Tor, 2005.)
People #13.
?
People of the Nightland (Forge, 2007, Tor, 2008.)
People #16.
The advance of the ice age menaces a tribe.
People of the Owl (Forge, 2003.)
People #8.
Marginal magical elements in this story of pre-colonization America.
People of the Raven (Tor, 2004.)
People #12.
?
People of the River (Tor, 1992.)
People #4.
Prehistoric settlers in the Mississippi Valley are faced with problems when famine strikes their crops, and the tribal wisemen indicate that the gods are no longer communicating with them.
People of the Sea (Tor, 1993.)
People #5.
As the glaciers recede from California, a prehistoric tribe faces a major crisis.
People of the Thunder (Forge, 2009.)
People #16.
Pre-historical espionage.
People of the Weeping Eye (Tor, 2008.)
People #14.
Primitive people in the Mississippi.
People of the Wolf (Tor, 1990.)
People #1.
Prehistoric adventure involving the first band of settlers who cross from Asia into North America, braving the ice and snow covered waters to do so.
GEARHART, SALLY MILLER
Kanshou, The (Spinster, 2002.)
Earthkeep #1.
Troubles brew on a planet where women outnumber men twelve to one.
Magister, The (Spinster, 2002.)
Earthkeep #2.
A wave of death among children threatens to depopulate a planet.
Wanderground, The (Persephone, 1980, The Women’s Press, 1985.)
Collection of related stories about an Earth not dominated by patriarchal attitudes.
GEE, MAGGIE
Where Are the Snows? (Heinemann, 1991.)
Not seen.
GEE, MAURICE (Also writes Fantasy.)
Halfmen of O, The (Oxford University, 1982, Pufffin, 1984.)
Halfmen #1.
Two children are transported to another planet where they fulfill their destiny of freeing its inhabitants from a cruel dictator.
Motherstone (Oxford University, 1985.)
Halfmen #3.
The priests have been overthrown, but two children from Earth are forced to remain in the world of the Halfmen in order to defeat an ambitious and evil ruler who tries to take over.
Priests of Ferris, The (Oxford University, 1984.)
Halfmen #2.
A youngster returns to another world where a new priesthood has begun repressing the people, using her name because of her role in their distant past.
GEIGLEY, VANCE
Will It End This Way? (Vantage, 1968.)
Not seen. End of the world story.
GEIS, RICHARD E. (See also Richard Elliott and Peggy Swenson.)
Arena Women, The (Brandon House, 1972.)
Pornography set in the future..
Endless Orgy (Brandon House, 1968.)
Kunzer #2.
Pornography.
Raw Meat (Essex House, 1969.)
In a computer dominated future, physical sex and procreation are the ultimate obscenities and crimes, those desire fulfilled by computer similations and drugs instead. Part of an ambitious line of pornographic SF novels.
Sex Machine, The (Brandon House, 1967.)
Kunzer #1.
An amoral man from the next century is cast back through time to the 20th Century, where he indulges in a great deal of very explicit sex.
GEISSLER, L.A.
Looking Beyond (Reeves, 1891, Graham, 1891.)
A sequel to Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy.
GELLIS, ROBERTA (See also Max Daniels. Also writes Fantasy.)
Overstars Mail: Imperial Challenge (Five Star, 2004.)
An interstellar mailman has problems when one of his passengers turns out to be an incognito dignitary and another an assassin.
GEMS, JONATHAN
Mars Attacks (Signet, 1996, based on his own screenplay.)
Spoof of invasion stories with big brained, tiny bodied Martians destroying much of the world before they are destroyed by yodeling.
GENTILE, GARY (Also writes Horror.)
Dragons Past (Ace, 1990.)
Dragons #2.
Human resistance to the alien invasion of Earth reaches a crucial point. A plan is hatched to invade their main base in Earth’s prehistory, defeat them there, and drive them off the face of a shattered Earth.
No Future for Dragons (Ace, 1990.)
Dragons #3.
After defeating the dragonlike invaders from the stars in Earth’s future, a band of heroes must follow them through time to make sure they don’t make another attempt at conquest some time when the human race lacks the technology to oppose them.
Time for Dragons, A (Ace, 1989.)
Dragons #1.
Following the collapse of human civilization, a race of oversized reptilian aliens from the stars tries to take possession of the Earth. They are largely successful, but are opposed by a determined band of resistors.
GENTLE, MARY (Also writes Fantasy.)
Ancient Light (Gollancz, 1987, NAL, 1990, Roc, 1990.)
Orthe #2.
A woman returns to an enigmatic planet that possesses artifacts of an ancient technology far in advance of anything in present use. Her negotations to acquire these objects are complicated by internal politics on Orthe, and the idiosyncrasies of her offworld employers.
Golden Witchbreed (Morrow, 1983, Gollancz, 1983, Signet, 1985, Vista, 1996.)
Orthe #1.
A visitor to a distant world that was once dominated by a cruel race finds herself in danger while touring the remoter part of the planet. For some reason, officials have charged her with being a survivor of their ancient enemies, and suddenly she is fighting for her life.
Orthe (Gollancz, 2002.)
Omnibus of Golden Witchbreed and Ancient Light, with an added short story.
Scholars and Soldiers (Macdonald, 1989, Orbit, 1991.)
Collection of mostly unrelated stories.
GENTRY, CURT
Last Days of the Late Great State of California, The (Putnam, 1968, Ballantine, 1969.)
An amusing and fascinating documentary account of the aftermath of the earthquake that completely destroys the state of California.
GEORGE, BRIAN
Atom of Doubt (Methuen, 1959.)
The discovery of a new drug that stimulates sexual responses.
GEORGE, DAVID R. III (See also collaboration with Armin Shimerman.)
Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering (Pocket, 2007)
A Star Trek novel.
The life of James Kirk.
Provenance of Shadows (Pocket, 2006.)
A Star Trek novel.
McCoy is displaced in time.
Serpents Among the Ruins, The (Pocket, 2003.)
A Star Trek Lost Era novel.
An accident in space convinces the Romulans that the Federation is testing a new weapon of mass destruction.
Twilight (Pocket, 2002.)
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel.
The future of Bajor is about to be decided, but the political tensions cause fracture lines even among the supposedly unified priesthood.
GEORGE, EDWARD (Pseudonym of Robert Vardeman, whom see.)
Pleasure Planet (BeeLine, 1967. ?, 1978, bound with Outer Space Embrace by Monica Mounds. ?, 1980 as Janet’s Sex Planet as by Carrie Onn. ?, 1983, as Intergalactic Orgy by Obie Khan. ?, 1985, as Sexual Coquette by Marv Elous. ?, 1986, as Playing with Desire as by Fred Sparkrock.)
Pornography. Sex aboard an interstellar ship.
GEORGE, PETER (See also Peter Bryant.)
Commander One (Delacorte, 1965, Heinemann, 1965, Dell, 1966, Pan, 1966.)
Nuclear armed submarines are the focus in this story of nuclear brinkmanship that reaches the danger point when a maniacal submarine commander decides he has the right to change the course of modern history.
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War (Corgi, 1963, Bantam, 1964, from the screenplay by the author, Stanley Kubrick, and Terry Southern.)
A spoof of nuclear brinksmanship films with a mad scientist, frantic generals, insane aircraft pilots, and a final nuclear war. Fails to capture the insane logic of the film.
GEORGE, S.C.
Blue Ray, The (Warne, 1938.)
Not seen.
GEORGE, STEPHEN R. (Also writes Horror.)
Beasts (Zebra, 1989.)
A bizarre new virus causes people to erupt into uncontrollable rages. The transformations seem to be a new epidemic, but it might also presage the advent of a newer, more violent strain of humankind. An interesting variation of the werewolf theme.
Brain Child (Zebra, 1989.)
A secret research institute guarded by the military is the site of dangerous investigations into the power of the human mind. The children under treatment there aren't being cured so much as encouraged to use their unusual powers, and the results soon get completely out of control. Not really surprising.
GEORGE, VERNON
Crown of Asia, The (Paul, 1939.)
Marginal spy thriller in which a volcanic eruption prevents the conquest of India.
GERHARDI, WILLIAM (Also writes Fantasy.)
Doom. (See Jazz and Jasper.)
Eva’s Apple. (See Jazz and Jasper.)
Jazz and Jasper (Duckworth, 1928. Duffield, 1928, as Eva’s Apple. MacDonald, 1947, as My Sinful Earth. MacDonald, 1974, as Doom.)
Not seen. End of the world.
My Sinful Earth. (See Jazz and Jasper.)
GERNSBACK, HUGO
Ralph 124C41+ (Stratford, 1925. Fell, 1950, Cherry Tree, 1952, Crest, 1958, University of Nebraska Press, 2000.)
Almost unreadable but historically fascinating travelog of the future when cities float in the air and people travel between the planets almost casually.
Ultimate World (Walker, 1971, Equinox, 1975. Actually written in 1959 but never previously published.)
Earth is occupied by alien invaders for a short period of time, during which they learn many new technological secrets.
GERRARE, WIRT (Pseudonym of William Greener.)
Warstock, The (Greener, 1898.)
A group of inventors creates a Utopian society.
GERRITSEN, TESS
Bloodstream (Pocket, 1998.)
A previously unsuspected parasite living in a lake infects the minds of people who swim in it, causing them to perform violent acts.
Gravity (Pocket, 1999.)
A plague breaks out aboard a space station, killing all but one of the crew and threatening to spread to Earth. It is eventually traced to bio-organisms that were being studied after being extracted from the site of a meteor strike.
GERROLD, DAVID (Pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman. See also collaboration which follows, and with Barry Longyear.)
Alternate Gerrolds (BenBella, 2004.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Award, 1973, from the script by John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and Paul Dehn.)
A Planet of the Apes story.
The apes culture is on the verge of open warfare as the gorillas among their number seek to dominate the other species.
Blood and Fire (Benbella, 2003.)
Star Wolf #3.
During a period of change in command, a hard luck starship runs into a bacteriological infection and a corrupted artificial intelligence.
Bouncing Off the Moon (Tor, 2001.)
Chigger #2.
Two boys on the moon become the subject of a massive manhunt when word spreads that they possess the secret of a totally new form of artificial intelligence.
Chess With a Dragon (Walker, 1987, Avon, 1988, Hutchinson, 1988.)
The human race accepts various technological secrets from an interstellar civilization only to discover that they have left themselves open to virtual enslavement in recompense for their “gifts”.
Covenant of Justice, A (Bantam, 1994.)
Phaestor #2.
The Phaestor are tightening their grip on the galaxy, but a growing group of rebels is finally developing the ability to strike back and start a revolution against the brutal rulers of all human space.
Day for Damnation, A (Pocket, 1985, Bantam, 1989.)
War With the Chtorr #2.
Two soldiers on a mission to attempt communication with the alien Chtorr are cut off from their base, and discover the intricacies of the imported ecology which the invaders are using to supplant earth’s native lifeforms.
Deathbeast (Popular Library, 1978, Hale, 1981.)
An expedition back through time to the age of dinosaurs runs into trouble when its members take their safety for granted and underestimate the danger.
Encounter at Farpoint (Pocket, 1987, Titan, 1988, from the script by D.C. Fontana & Gene Roddenberry.)
A Star Trek: Next Generation novel.
Opening episode of the series. The Enterprise sets out with its new crew to investigate a series of strange events revolving around a gigantic station set in space, and discover an unknown form of space dwelling life.
Galactic Whirlpool, The (Bantam, 1980, Titan, 1993.)
A Star Trek novel.
Kirk is off to rescue a lost generation starship from being destroyed by falling into a super black hole, but before he can help, he has to convince them that the crew of the Enterprise is human and not a bunch of demons, and resolve a generations old conflict between two factions.
Involuntary Human, The (NESFA, 2007.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Jumping off the Planet (Tor, 2000.)
Chigger #1.
Three brothers from a broken home discover that their father is trying to entice them to leave Earth for another world against the wishes of their mother. As they travel up to orbit around Earth, they also suspect that he is involved in some illegal activity.
Leaping to the Stars (Tor, 2002.)
Chigger #3.
Three youngsters smuggle themselves and an artificial intelligence off Earth, but in the process they get involved in a mutiny and other dangers.
Man Who Folded Himself, The (Random House, 1972, Popular Library, 1973, Faber, 1973, Bantam, ?, BenBella, 2003.)
Deliberately convoluted novel about a time agent who undergoes sex change operations and multiple time loops that result in one of the most tightly knotted time paradoxes in the literature.
Matter for Men, A (Pocket, 1983, Futura, 1984, Bantam, 1989.)
War With the Chtorr #1.
An invading alien race that resembles giant worms has devastated much of the world, importing their own vegetation and lower animals which begin to overwhelm Terran flora and fauna. The human military engages in a desperate effort to root them out and destroy them.
Middle of Nowhere, The (Bantam, 1995.)
Star Wolf #2.
A crippled spaceship has difficulty making repairs because a saboteur left a creature aboard that continues to undermine their efforts, while evading capture. A new crew member is initiated into the group, and finds a way to tip the scales in their favor.
Moonstar Odyssey (Signet, 1977.)
The story of a woman on another world who is convinced that she has a destiny to fulfill, and proves it when a cataclysm wracks her planet.
Rage for Revenge, A (Bantam, 1989.)
War With the Chtorr #3.
A soldier dedicated to fighting the aliens invading Earth is captured and brainwashed by a cult that has emotionally surrendered and now worships the Chtorr rather than fight against them.
Season for Slaughter, A (Bantam, 1993.)
War With the Chtorr #4.
The final confrontation between the human survivors of an alien invasion and the wormlike Chtorr, who are preparing the final stage of their transformation of the planet’s ecology to a mirror of their home world.
Space Skimmer (Ballantine, 1972, Arrow, 1987.)
An adventure involving a genetically designed superman who is part of the means by which a sprawling galactic empire attempts to retain control of its farflung branches.
Starhunt. (See Yesterday’s Children.)
Under the Eye of God (Bantam, 1993.)
Phaestor #1.
A genetically engineered warrior race that was designed to protect the human race seizes power and imposes a ruthless dictatorship. On one remote world, an army of outcasts, androids, aliens, and oddballs organizes a resistance movement.
Voyage of the Star Wolf (Bantam, 1990.)
Star Wolf #1.
After badly mishandling its first encounter with raiders from a warring alien empire, a military starship attempts to redeem itself by performing heroically in defense of a star route widely used by commercial ships supplying the other combatant.
War Against the Chtorr: Invasion, The (Doubleday, 1984.)
Omnibus of A Matter of Men and A Day for Damnation.
When Harlie Was One (Ballantine, 1972, Doubleday, 1972. Bantam, 1988, revised.)
Harlie is a self aware computer who, along with his creator, struggles to define his rights as a sovereign being despite conservative political sentiments, frightened citizens, and greedy commercial interests who would prefer to see him classified as property.
With a Finger in My I (Ballantine, 1972.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Yesterday’s Children (Dell, 1972, Faber, 1974, Popular Library, 1980. Revised edition, Hamlyn, 1987, Bantam, 1995 as Starhunt.)
An antiquated spaceship with an unruly crew is engaged in a tense battle of strategy and will when pitted against an enemy starship in an interplanetary war.
GERROLD, DAVID & NIVEN, LARRY
Flying Sorcerers, The (Ballantine, 1971, Corgi, 1975. Magazine title was The Misspelled Magishun.)
Visitors to a primitive planet demonstrate their science, which raises the ire of the local shaman who can create the same results through “magic” and who resents this apparent impingement upon his prerogatives.
GESTON, MARK S. (Also writes Fantasy.)
Books of the Wars, The (Baen, 2009.)
Omnibus of Lords of the Starship, Out of the Mouth of the Dragon, and The Siege of Wonder.
Day Star, The (DAW, 1972.)
In the far future, civilizations have risen and fallen, and the result is a primitive society that still possesses artifacts of higher technology. One of these artifacts launches a man on a journey of discovery that uncovers the secret of the death of the last civilization.
Lords of the Starship (Ace, 1967, Michael Joseph, 1971.)
Havengore #1.
The survivors of a ravaged Earth are building a giant starship with which they hope to escape to another planet. But as the day of launching approaches, sinister plots begin to boil beneath the surface and we discover that the ship itself is just a scam.
Mirror to the Sky (Avon, 1992, Morrow, 1992.)
Benevolent aliens have lived on Earth for many years, and now they have decided to share their artwork with humans. The examples they bring are so powerful that they cause great unrest on Earth, eventually violence, and the few aliens who remain behind are in danger of their lives.
Out of the Mouth of the Dragon (Ace, 1969, Michael Joseph, 1972.)
Havengore #2.
Intrigue and adventure in the ruined future Earth following a global conflict that has left the planet a wasteland and destroyed all but enigmatic remnants of the old technology.
Siege of Wonder, The (DAW, 1976, Doubleday, 1976, Wildside, 2004.)
Cross genre adventure involving an attempt by scientists to find the rational basis of demonstrable magic.
GHOLSTON, HOMER N.
Kolec Corollary, The (Manor, 1979.)
A sudden superfluity of gold in the near future unsettles the world’s economy and plunges the human race into increasingly violent chaos.
GHOSH, AMITAV
Calcutta Syndrome, The (Picador, 1977, Avon, 1995, South Asia Books, 1996, Avon Bard, 1998.)
In the near future, a computer programmer inadvertently stumbles onto the secret history of mankind. Medical science is being managed by a power that is breeding the human race toward a specific goal.
GIAMBASTINI, KURT R.A.
Dreams of the Desert Wind (Fairwood, 2004.)
In a remote part of the Mideast, a westerner discovers that unusual mental powers have been developed.
From the Heart of the Storm (Roc, 2003.)
Custer #4.
George Custer Jr. is missing just as a new crisis brews between the US government and the independent Indian nations.
Shadow of the Storm (Roc, 2003.)
Custer #3.
Tensions between the US government and the Cheyenne nation continue to deteriorate and President Custer contemplates launching a new war.
Spirit of Thunder, The (Roc, 2002.)
Custer #2.
The discovery of gold in Cheyenne territory leads to increased tensions between that nation and the US.
Year the Cloud Fell, The (Roc, 2001.)
Custer #1.
Alternate 19th Century America is split between the US and a coalition of Indian tribes. President George Custer's son is taken prisoner by the Cheyenne, who believe that he is fated to intercede on their behalf and convince the US to recognize them as a separate nation.
GIBBARD, T.S.J. (Pseudonym of Michael Vinter, whom see.)
Starseed Mission, The (Hale, 1980.)
Not seen.
Torold Core, The (Hale, 1980.)
Not seen.
Vandals of Eternity (Hale, 1974.)
Not seen.
GIBBONS, FLOYD
Red Napoleon, The (Brentano, 1929, Jonathan Cape, 1929, Southern Illinois University Press, 1976, Popular Library, 1977.)
Future war novel about an alliance of developing nations under a charismatic leader who launch a military campaign that ultimately overwhelms the US military and invades North America.
GIBBONS, GAVIN
By Space Ship to the Moon (Blackwell, 1958.)
Not seen.
GIBBONS, HARRY
Hunter Equation, The (Dell, 1981.)
Marginal spy thriller about the discovery of a new energy source that could transform the world, and the efforts of commercial interests to suppress it.
GIBBS, H.
Pawns in Ice (Jarrolds, 1948.)
Future war.
GIBBS, LEWIS (Pseudonym of Joseph Cove.)
Late Final (Dent, 1951.)
Not seen. Post nuclear war England.
GIBSON, EDMUND (Also writes Fantasy.)
A.D. 2018 (Greenwich, 1958.)
Not seen.
GIBSON, EDWARD
In the Wrong Hands (Bantam, 1992.)
A genuine mad scientist is operating an illegal genetics laboratory on the moon until a independently minded astronaut refuses to ignore his suspicions that something illegal is going on.
Reach (Doubleday, 1989, Bantam, 1990.)
A near future space adventure in which a ship is sent to investigate the disappearance of a manned deep space probe sent to check out an alien artifact.
GIBSON, FLOYD (Pseudonym of Albert King. See also Mark Bannon, Paul Conrad, Scott Howell, Paul Muller, and Christopher King.)
Manufactured People, The (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Shadow of Gastor (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Slip in Time, A (Hale, 1974.)
Not seen.
GIBSON, GARY
Against Gravity (Gollancz, 2006.)
In a dystopian future, a man once trained as a supersoldier uncovers old secrets.
GIBSON, WALTER B. (See also Maxwell Grant for the bulk of the Shadow novels. Note that the Shadow novels are very marginal. Also writes Horror.)
Crime Over Casco & The Mother Goose Murders (Doubleday, 1979.)
Omnibus of two Shadow novels.
Grove of Doom (Tempo, 1969. (Magazine publication in 1933.)
A Shadow novel.
Mysterious goings on involving a stand of trees that may be haunted.
Jade Dragon and House of Ghosts (Doubleday, 1981.)
Shadow series.
Not seen.
Mask of Mephisto and Murder by Magic, The (Doubleday, 1975.)
Shadow series.
Not seen.
Quarter of Eight and The Freak Show Murders, A (Doubleday, 1978.)
Shadow series.
Not seen.
Return of the Shadow, The (Belmont, 1963.)
A Shadow novel.
The Shadow is a crimefighter with the ability “to cloud men’s minds” and approximate invisibility, although this talent is not displayed in most of the individual books.
Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (Bonanza, 1983.)
Omnibus of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone and Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Revisited
Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (Grosset & Dunlap, 1963, Tempo, 1965.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Revisited (Grosset & Dunlap, 1964, Tempo, 1967.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Shadow and the Golden Master, The (Mysterious, 1984.)
A Shadow novel.
Not seen.
Shadow Scrapbook, The (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.)
Collection of related stories.
GIBSON, WILLIAM (See also Dr. Adder and collaboration which follows.)
All Tomorrow's Parties (Putnam, 1999, Ace, 2003.)
Another look into Gibson's cyber dominated future, this time with an eccentric information dealer who believes that history is about to take a pivotal turn.
Burning Chrome (Arbor House, 1986, Gollancz, 1986, Ace, 1987, HarperCollins, ?)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Count Zero (Arbor House, 1986, Gollancz, 1986, Ace, 1987.)
Computers have completely changed human society. Commerce, entertainment, and espionage all take place in virtual worlds, and information has become the most valuable commodity in the world.
Idoru (Putnam, 1996, Berkley, 1997.)
The world has become a surprisingly homogenous place after virtual reality spreads around the borders of individual governments, and a virtual reality star becomes more influential than heads of state.
Johnny Mnemonic (Ace, 1995.)
The original short story plus Gibson’s screenplay for the movie.
Mona Lisa Overdrive (Bantam, 1988, Gollancz, 1988.)
A woman who can enter virtual reality even without a computer becomes involved with an evil mastermind who is plotting to kidnap an entertainment star as part of his plan to dominate all of humanity.
Neuromancer (HarperCollins, 1984, Gollancz, 1984, Ace, 1984.)
Often cited as the first Cyberpunk novel, incorrectly, but it’s easily the best known. Adventure in a future where the interface between people and machines has become close and personal and Asian investors control much of the US. A cyber-criminal steals information to satisfy his unknown employers.
Pattern Recognition (Berkley, 2004.)
Virtual Light (Bantam, 1993, Viking, 1993, Penguin, 1994.)
An unlikely heroine steals a pair of sunglasses that contain an information store with the potential of remaking her entire culture.
GIBSON, WILLIAM & STERLING, BRUCE
Difference Engine, The (Gollancz, 1990, Bantam, 1991, Vista, 1996.)
Babbage invents a primitive computer in the mid-19th Century and society evolves in a much different way than in our timeline. Against that background, three characters contend for possession of artifacts which hold the secret to their world’s future.
GIER, SCOTT S.
First Victory (Del Rey, 1997.)
Genellan #3.
An alien world is defended by a small group of human soldiers from a powerful invasion force using a technology far superior to that of either of the cultures they are attacking.
In the Shadow of the Moon (Del Rey, 1996.)
Genellan #2.
A band of mercenaries is trying to build a colony on the world they liberated, but internal dissensions and te the threat of a new invasion by the alien enemy of years earlier imperils the project.
Planetfall (Del Rey, 1995.)
Genellan #1.
A company of space marines marooned on a primitive, inhabited planet, must defend itself and a peaceful people from the hordes of bearlike invaders from another part of that world, a race that wants to steal the offworld technology for its own use.
GIERAK, CHERIE J.
Beyond Circle’s (Insight, 1994.)
Circle #3.
Not seen.
Circle’s (Insight, 1992.)
Circle #1.
A US intelligence officer discovers that the government has secretly gained possession of two alien space vehicles and one living alien.
Inside Circle’s (Insight, 1994.)
Circle #2.
An intelligence officer is involved in research into the nature of aliens who have secretly been visiting Earth.
GIESY, J.U.
Jason, Son of Jason (Avalon, 1966. Magazine version, 1921.)
Palos #3.
The birth of the son of an astral visitor from Earth sets off a fresh round of conflict on a distant world.
Mouthpiece of Zitu, The (Avalon, 1966. Magazine version, 1919.)
Palos #2.
The astral visitor from Earth is proclaimed mouthpiece of the local god and begins introducing scientific advances from our own culture.
Palos of the Dog Star Pack (Avalon, 1966. Magazine version, 1918.)
Palos #1.
Despite occult overtones, this is an other worlds adventure on a primitive planet. A man astrally projects himself to another star system.
GIFFORD, THOMAS
Wind Chill Factor, The (Putnam, 1975, Ballantine, 1976.)
Borderline thriller about a neo-Nazi group that has hatched a sinister plot to take over a national government and use it as the base for a jump to world power.
GILBERT, C.M.
Ozine Conquest, The (Leisure, 1981.)
An ancient alien artifact transports a frustrated warrior to a barbaric world where he regains his purpose battling against the bad guys.
GILBERT, JOHN
Aiki (Donald Fine, 1986, Pocket, 1988.)
In a brutal future where gladiatorial games have become the main source of entertainment, a group of rebels within the professional fighting class provides the spark to overthrow the status quo.
GILBERT, MICHAEL (See collaboration with Andre Norton.)
GILCHRIST, JOHN (Pseudonym of Jerome Gardner.)
Birdbrain (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
Engendering, The (Hale, 1978.)
Not seen.
English Corridor, The (Hale, 1976.
Not seen.
Lifeline (Hale, 1976.)
Not seen.
Out North (Hale, 1975.)
Not seen.
GILDEN, MEL (See also collaboration which follows. Also writes Horror.)
Blubb and the Amazing Morphing Machine (Minstrel, 1996.)
Blubb #3.
A shapechanging alien defeats a villain in this children’s adventure.
Blubb and the Chocolate Treasure (Minstrel, ?)
Blubb #2.
A villain sends some children back in time, but they are rescued by an alien.
Boogeymen (Pocket, 1991.)
A Star Trek: Next Generation novel.
The Enterprise runs into trouble when a holodeck simulation appears to have created boogeymen who can live independently of the equipment and run around on the ship. Or is the entire ship just a projection of the holodeck. One of the best of this series.
Cardassian Imps (Pocket, 1997.)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, for young readers.
A replicating machine creates miniature beings who soon begin replicating themselves.
Harry Newberry and the Raiders of the Red Drink (Holt, 1989.)
Spoof about a man who discovers his mother is in league with a legendary superhero.
Hawaiian UFO Aliens (Roc, 1991.)
Zoot #2.
A mysterious, hat shaped spaceship shows up in Malibu and Zoot, the alien private eye, suspects that it might be an indication of an imminent invasion of the Earth.
My Brother Blubb (Minstrel, ?)
Blubb #1.
A shapechanging alien rescues a young boy from ninjas.
Outer Space and All That Junk (Lippincott, 1989.)
A youngster discovers that his uncle’s junkyard is actually home to a variety of alien beings.
Planetoid of Amazement, The (HarperCollins, 1991.)
Two kids go on a star traveling adventure to save the Earth.
Pumpkins of Time, The (Browndeer, 1994.)
Time travelers hassle a youngster in the mistaken belief that he can build the weapons shown in comic books.
Return of Captain Conquer, The (Houghton Mifflin, 1986.)
Humorous bit about a boy whose home and father disappear mysteriously. He teams up with fans of an old SF show and uncovers a plot by aliens to invade the Earth and make it habitable for their kind.
Starship Trap, The (Pocket, 1993.)
A Star Trek novel.
Some unsuspected power is seizing starships indiscriminately, human, Klingon, and Romulan, and none of the crews are ever seen again. Kirk secures a temporary truce so that he can investigate, but the rival powers are threatening war unless the guilty party is discovered.
Surfing Samurai Robots (Lynx, 1988, Roc, 1991.)
Zoot #1.
An alien private investigator from another planet visits California to find out what happened to a bunch of surfing robots in this hilarious sendup of a number of traditional SF themes.
Tubular Android Superheroes (Roc, 1991.)
Zoot #3.
The alien private eye is back for a third adventure, this time involving the inventor of various androids, some of which are designed to look, and act, like dinosaurs.
GILDEN, MEL & PEDERSEN, TED
Pet, The (Pocket, 1994.)
A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book.
Jake rescues a pet from a questionable ship’s cargo, and a gigantic spaceship from an unknown race is demanding the return of its crown prince. I bet you can figure out the connection.
GILFORD, C.B.
Liquid Man, The (Lancer, 1969.)
A scientist inadvertently discovers a process that changes the physical nature of his body, and endangers the entire human race. He retreats to a remote town to consider his options, and upsets the lives of his neighbors.
GILFOYLE, KEREN
Shadow on the Skin, A (Headline, 1993.)
A family that at one time could mentally control others faces mysterious and dangerous in the magical countryside surrounding their family estate.
GILLIATT, PENELOPE
One by One (Atheneum, 1965, Secker & Warburg, 1965, Panther, 1967.)
A new plague ravages London.
Hammerjack (Bantam, 2005.)
Hazmmerjack #1.
A futuristic thriller involving the next generation of computer hacks.
Prodigal (Bantam, 2006.)
Hammerjack #2.
An information war in the future is overshadowed by the return of a spaceship carrying a mysterious secret.
GILLILAND, ALEXIS A. (Also writes Fantasy.)
End of the Empire, The (Del Rey, 1983.)
In the ruins of a repressive galactic empire, an officer who has been disgraced and whose life is in danger is given a mission to prepare a planet for invasion.
Long Shot for Rosinante (Del Rey, 1981.)
Rosinante #2.
A recently independent orbiting habitat in the asteroid belt faces fresh trouble when someone in the vicinity of Earth launches a powerful missile in its direction.
Pirates of Rosinante, The (Del Rey, 1982.)
Rosinante #3.
An orbiting habitat faces internal problems when two disparate groups of its citizens threaten to resort to open warfare to resolve their differences.
Revolution from Rosinante, The (Del Rey, 1981.)
Rosinante #1.
The creation of an artificial world in the asteroid belt runs into a variety of problems - shortages of money, union labor problems, engineering snafus, and human idiosyncrasies.
GILLMORE, INEZ HAYNES
Angel Island (Holt, 1914.)
Sailors find an island inhabited by winged women.
GILLON, DIANA & GILLON, MEIR
Unsleep, The (Barrie, 1961, Ballantine, 1962.)
The introduction of a new drug that makes it possible to dispense with sleep altogether introduces instability into a regimented future Earth that purports to be a Utopian society.
GILLON, MEIR (See collaboration above with Diana Gillon.)
GILMAN, CAROLYN IVES
Halfway Human (Avon, 1998.)
The discovery of a genderless being on the verge of suicide leads a researcher to investigate a secretive world where such beings are deliberately created, for a purpose that is shrouded in even darker obscurity.
GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS (Also writes Horror.)
Herland (?, 1914, Women’s Press, 1979, Pantheon, 1979, Peter Smith, 1992.)
A Utopian novel in which women have created the perfect society in a remote part of the world, and when three male outsiders stumble into their hidden nation, the latter are convinced that there must be male masterminds working behind the scenes. Unlike most Utopian novels, this one has a humorous undercurrent.
Herland and Selected Stories (Signet, 1992.)
Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are SF.
GILMAN, JAMES
Operation Nazi - U.S.A. (Major, 1976.)
An agent plots to assassinate the leader of a resurgent American Nazi Party that plans to use a series of terrorist attacks to gain control of the US government.
GILMAN, ROBERT CHAM (Pseudonym of Alfred Coppel, whom see.)
Navigator of Rhada, The (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969, Ace, 1986.)
Rhada #2.
A member of the priesthood that controls star travel and limits scientific inquiry questions his own beliefs when a change in politics puts his family in jeopardy.
Rebel of Rhada, The (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968, Ace, 1986.)
Rhada #1.
The galactic human culture has slipped back into mysticism and barbarity, spaceships piloted by a priest class, cyborgs working behind the scenes to manipulate events. A planetary lord is summoned to the empire world just in time to become involved in a coup.
Starkahn of Rhada, The (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970, Ace, 1986.)
Rhada #3.
A derelict starship revives from a stasis that lasted centuries and begins to carry out its programming, which involve the destruction of entire planets.
Warlock of Rhada, The (Ace, 1985.)
Rhada #4
Ophir is a man from the long past when science ruled the galaxy, reawakened in a future where superstition has replaced it. He is opposed by an ambitious soldier who prefers to maintain the status quo and take advantage of it.
Space Hawk (Greenberg, 1952.)
Episodic space opera based on a series of short stories from the 1930s.
GILMORE, JOSEPH L.
Rattlers (Signet, 1979.)
Routine nature gone mad novel, this one involving a horde of rattlesnakes that descends upon a resort community.
GILMOUR, WILLIAM
Lost on Jupiter (House of Greystoke, 1982.)
Not seen.
Tarzan and the Lighting Man (House of Greystoke, 1963.)
A Tarzan novel.
Not seen.
Undying Land, The (Donald Grant, 1985.)
A man in an experimental airship penetrates deep into Africa and uncovers a lost world where descendants of ancient seafarers still rule, ignorant of the modern world.
GILSON, CHARLES
Pirate Aeroplane, The (Hodder, 1913.)
Not seen.
GILSON, P.D.
Beyond the Sun (Helios, 2007.)
War breaks out when an ecological crisis seems to doom all life on Earth.
GINGRICH, NEWT & FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R.
1945 (Baen, 1995.)
The US never declared war on Germany, so after the latter nation conquered Europe, the world was divided into two rival camps. Germany, however, is unwilling to share ultimate authority, and prepares to attack across the ocean.
Gettysburg (St. Martins, 2004.)
Civil War #1.
The first part of an alternate history of the Civil War in which the Confederacy wins.
Grant Comes East (St Martins, 2005.)
Civil War #2.
Lee does better than expected and the tide of war is turning against the Union.
Never Call Retreat (Thomas Dunne, 2005.)
Civil War #3.
The final battle is fought near Washington.
Attack on Cellius (Xlibris, 2004.)
Murky novel in which cellular activity is replicated among humans.
GIPE, GEORGE (Also writes Horror.)
Back to the Future (Berkley, 1985, based on the screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.)
A student and his weird but ingenious scientist friend travel to the past where he gets romantically involved with his own mother while trying to ensure that his parents meet.
Explorers (Pocket, 1985, based on the screenplay by Eric Luke.)
A handful of children are taken aboard a flying saucer for various adventures with their alien hosts before discovering that they are children as well.
GISCHLER, VICTOR
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse (Touchstone, 2008.)
Satirical novel about a post-apocalyptic America.
GIVINS, ROBERT
Thousand Miles an Hour, A (MacLear & Marcus, 1913.)
Not seen.
GLABERSON, CORY (See collaboration with Gordon R. Dickson and Troy Denning.)
GLASBY, JOHN (Also writes Horror. See also John Adams, R.L. Bowers, Berl Cameron, J.B. Dexter, A.J. Merak, Karl Ziegfried, Rand Le Page, Paul Lorraine, John Muller, J.L. Powers, and Victor La Salle.)
Crimson Peril, The (Gryphon, 2007.)
Golden Amazon #28.
A continuation of the series by John Russell Fearn. A superhero in outer space visits a hostile world.
Dark Centauri (Gryphon, ?. Originally published as by ?)
Project Jove (Ace, 1971, bound with The Hunters of Jundagai by Kenneth Bulmer.)
A suspicious politician personally investigates the scientific mission in the Jovian system, thereby placing himself in grave danger, eventually requiring the assistance of the man he suspects to save his life.
Seetee Sun (Gryphon, 2007.)
Golden Amazon #29.
The Golden Amazon and her friends are transported to another galaxy.
GLASS, JAMES C.
Empress of Light (Baen, 2001.)
Shanji #2.
War between two planets comes to an apparent end with a new ruler over both, but factions within the conquering power don't want the war to be over.
Matrix Dreams and Other Stories (Fairwood, 2004.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Shanji (Baen, 1999.)
Shanji #1.
On a lost colony world that has sunk into barbarism, an orphan child becomes the leader of her people as they prepare for invasion. An astronomical event which periodically afflicts their planet will this time coincide with an attack by offworlders.
Viper of Portello, The (Fairwood, 2008.)
War on a colony world.
GLASS, REVEREND MRS CHARLES WILDER
Romance in Starland (McElheney, 1915.)
Not seen.
Ruth’s Marriage in Mars (McElheney, 1912.)
Not seen.
GLASSER, ALAN
Cavemen of Venus, The (Solar, 1932.)
Not seen.
Demon Cosmos, The (Major, 1978.)
An alien race achieved, perhaps, immortality by transforming their bodies into discorporate entities. Unfortunately, the devices they used are still operating, and threaten to engulf the entire universe.
GLATZER, RICHARD
Quest for the Cities of Gold (Bantam, 1987.)
Time Machine #16.
Multi-path gamebook.
GLAVINIC, THOMAS
Night Work (Canon Gate, 2008.)
The last man on Earth.
GLAZER, MINDY
Perfect Object, The (Yeoman, 1979.)
A Star Trek novel.
Not seen.
GLEASON, ROBERT
Wrath of God (Harper, 1994.)
Civilization is collapsing and barbaric hordes from Asia are invading North America. Opposed to them is a makeshift army consisting of cowboys and other unlikely soldiers.
GLEIG, CHARLES
When All Men Starve (Lane, 1897.)
Future war in which England is conquered by France and Russia.
GLENDON, G.
Emperor of the Air, The (Methuen, 1910.)
Anarchists throw the world into turmoil.
GLENN, NANCY TYLER
Clicking Stones (Naiad, 1989.)
A peculiar kind of stone is found which, when manipulated properly, brings enlightenment. This leads to turmoil as old ways of thinking are discarded.
GLICK, RUTH (See also collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz.)
Doom Stalker (?, 1995.)
Multi-path gamebook.
Invasion of the Blue Lights (Scholastic, 1982.)
A youngster witnesses the landing of an alien spaceship and discovers that its inhabitant is a shapechanger with uncertain plans for its visit to our planet. For younger readers.
Mindbenders (?, 1995.)
Multi-path gamebook.
Space Attack (?, 1994.)
Multi-path gamebook.
GLOAG, JOHN
First One and Twenty (Unwin, 1946.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Manna (Cassell, 1940.)
Not seen. A new drug.
New Pleasure, The (Unwin, 1943.)
Not seen. Everyone in the world suddenly has a very improved sense of smell.
99% (Cassell, 1944.)
A drug releases memories from previous lives.
Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Unwin, 1932.)
Intelligent cats from the future study the present.
Winter’s Youth (Unwin, 1934.)
Rejuvenation and a false book of religious revelation cause turmoil.
GLOSS, MOLLY
Dazzle of Day, The (Tor, 1997.)
A generational starship has finally reached a planet where it may be possible to set down and establish a colony, but in the interim, a new culture has developed aboard the ship, which doesn’t share all the values of those who initially set out on the voyage.
GLOSSOP, REGINALD (Also writes Fantasy.)
Ghastly Dew, The (?, 1932.)
A future war novel.
Orphan of Space, The (MacDonald, 1926.)
Metaphysical novel about the destiny of the human race.
GLUT, DONALD F. (Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Bones of Frankenstein, The (Mews, 1977.)
Another story of Frankenstein's monster, still alive in the modern world.
Bugged! (Manor, 1974.)
Hordes of man-eating beetles begin to prey on humans in this standard nature gone wild extravaganza.
Empire Strikes Back, The (Del Rey, 1980, based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.)
A Star Wars novel.
The Empire moves to crush the rebel resistance by tracking them to their hidden base, but most escape. Luke Skywalker discovers that the Emperor’s chief lieutenant is actually his father. Han Solo is captured when he takes refuge in a floating mining colony.
Frankenstein Lives Again! (Mews, 1977, Donning, 1981.)
The creature walks the Earth yet again, its evil presence opposed by a small group of heroic characters.
Frankenstein Meets Dracula (Mews, 1977.)
The title says it all.
Spawn (Laser, 1976.)
An entrepreneur is collecting the eggs of dinosaurs, or their equivalent, on another world, planning to open an amusement park on Earth. What he doesn’t realize is that this particular type of dinosaur is far more intelligent than those of Earth, and that their introduction might cause a worldwide disaster.
Terror of Frankenstein (Mews, 1977.)
This is the second in a series of at least three novels of the Frankenstein legend published in England and never available in the United States. Other titles include Frankenstein Lives Again and The Bones of Frankenstein. In this adventure, modern scientists create a super robot with which to hunt down and destroy the monster.
GLYN, CORALIE
Woman of To-Morrow, A (Women’s Printing Society, 1896.)
Not seen.
GLYNN, A.A. (See also John Muller.)
Plan for Conquest (Vega, 1963, Badger, 1963.)
A model community run by a gigantic computer goes awry when the residents discover that their benevolent overseer now has an agenda of its own.
GODDARD, KEN
First Evidence (Bantam, 1999.)
A police detective is puzzled by a series of bizarre killings, particularly when the bodies continue to disappear. He also suspects a government coverup, and his efforts eventually reveal the existence of alien, shapechanging creatures hidden on Earth.
GODFREY, HOLLIS
Man Who Ended War, The (Little, Brown, 1908.)
A genius creates a superweapon with which he attempts to rid the world of war.
GODFREY, MARTYN
Alien War Games (Scholastic, 1984.)
Not seen.
I Spent My Summer Vacation Kidnapped into Space (Apple, 1990.)
Not seen.
Last War, The (Collier, 1986.)
Not seen.
More Than Weird (Collier, 1987.)
Not seen.
Vandarian Incident, The (Scholastic, 1981.)
Not seen.
GODWIN, G.
Empty Victory (Long, 1932.)
Future war novel.
GODWIN, PARKE (See also collaborations with Marvin Kaye. Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Fire When It Comes, The (Doubleday, 1984.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Limbo Search (Avon, 1995.)
A star traveling combat team is called into action when a distress call from deep space indicates that human explorers have run into hostile alien forces.
Snake Oil Wars, The (Doubleday, 1989.)
Barion #2.
Two aliens who uplifted human beings from apes in contravention of the laws of their society are forced to undergo a trial in this satirical look at the human race and its destiny.
Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Doubleday, 1988, Bantam UK, 1989.)
Barion #1.
A pair of aliens are stranded on prehistoric Earth, so they decide to help natural selection create an intelligent race. Unfortunately, humanity turns out to be rather much for them to control in this satirical comedy advnture.
GODWIN, TOM
Beyond Another Sun (Curtis, 1971.)
A man travels through space on a desperate mission to find a new home world for humanity before nuclear war can destroy the Earth, and has a variety of adventures on the planets he encounters.
Cold Equations & Other Stories, The (Baen, 2003.)
Collection of unrelated stories plus the novel Space Prison.
Space Barbarians, The (Pyramid, 1964.)
Ragnarok #2
The castaways on Ragnarok developed into a race that overthrew the aliens oppressing the rest of the human race, but now they themselves are viewed with suspicion, which becomes even more dangerous when a new menace from the stars threatens to destroy Ragnarok forever.
Space Prison (Pyramid, 1960. Gnome, 1958, as The Survivors.)
Ragnarok #1.
Several hundred humans are marooned by the Gern on a hostile, deserted planet where they struggle first to survive, then to prepare a plan to turn the tables on those who have imprisoned them.
Survivors, The. (See Space Prison.)
GOLD, BOB (See Alex Forbes.)
GOLD, H.L.
How to Write Really Great Science Fiction (See The Old Die Rich and Other Science Fiction Stories.)
Old Die Rich and Other Science Fiction Stories, The (Crown, 1955, Dobson, 1955. Gateway, 2002, as How to Write Really Great Science Fiction.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
GOLD, JEROME
Inquisitor, The (Black Heron, 1991.)
Inquisitor #1.
Near future intrigue as power struggles and factionalism within the US finally lead to a collapse of social order.
Prisoner’s Son, The (Black Heron, 1996.)
Inquisitor #2.
The US has begun to disintegrate, selling the Southwest to Mexico and allowing foreigners to rule part of the remainder from its capital in Seattle.
GOLDBERG, MARSHALL (See also collaborations which follow.)
Nerve (Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1981, Berkley, 1983.)
A scientist discovers a substance that will so enhance his muscles and coordination that he can become a brilliant athlete. The lure of fame and fortune is too much and he uses the drug, only to discover when it’s too late what should have been obvious from the outset. There’s eventually a price to pay.
GOLDBERG, MARSHALL & KAY, KENNETH
Chengtu Strain, The (Pinnacle, 1976.)
The Chinese develop an apparently incurable form of cholera and unleash it on the Soviet Union. The only possible cure is in the hands of the Americans, at least for the moment.
Disposable People (Tower, 1980.)
A new and deadly plague is spreading with such virulence that the government is forced to accept the necessity of killing its own citizens to prevent the disease from overcoming the entire population.
GOLDEN, CHRISTIE (Also writes Fantasy and Horror. See also collaboration with Michael Jan Friedman.)
Cloak and Dagger (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The crew of the Voyager learn of a plot to seize their ship and turn it into a weapon against the Federation of generations past.
Enemy of My Enemy (Pocket, 2005.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
A shapechanger plans to use genetic engineering to create a super race.
Fate of the Jedi (Del Rey, 2009.)
A Star Wars novel.
A planet full of Sith threaten the galaxy.
First Born (Pocket, 2007.)
A Starcraft novel.
A human encounters an alien artifact which uploads a personality into his brain.
Ghost Dance (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
Someone is conspiring to use dark matter, the stuff of which the universe is made, to destroy the Voyager and then the universe itself.
Homecoming (Pocket, 2003.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The Voyager finally returns to Earth and its crew become involved with a cybernet crisis.
Invasion America (Roc, 1998.)
Invasion #1.
Based on the animated television series. A young boy discovers that he is the child of aliens and that his destiny is to lead the forces of his people against an evil enemy who has seized control of that alien empire.
Last Round-Up, The (Pocket, 2002.)
A Star Trek novel.
Kirk retires and gets involved with the development of a colony world, but takes center stage when alien conspirators take a hand in things.
Marooned (Pocket, 1997.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
One of their crew is kidnapped by pirates, but when Captain Janeway attempts a rescue, the away team is caught on the surface of a hostile planet.
Murdered Sun, The (Pocket, 1996.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
Exploring a new wormhole in an effort to find a way back to the Federation, the Voyager stumbles into a system where an invading force is about to conquer a weaker people and decides to intervene on their behalf.
No Man's Land (Pocket, 2001.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The wandering Federation ship encounters an entire fleet of misplaced vessels transported together when a series of unsuspected stargates appears.
Omen (Del Rey, 2009.)
A Star Wars novel.
One of Han Solo and Princess Leia's sons turns to the Dark Side.
On the Run (Roc, 1998.)
Invasion #2.
A refugee alien tries to find a new place for himself among humans while avoiding pursuit by his former people.
Seven of Nine (Pocket, 1998.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
A human who spent most of her life as a Borg has been separated from the collective. Now living as an individual, she joins the crew of a starship and attempts to adjust her relationship to others.
Shadow Hunters (Pocket, 2007.)
A Starcraft novel.
A scientist discovers information that could change the course of galactic history.
Shadow of Heaven (Pocket, 2000.)
A Star Trek Voyager novel.
The climax of a mini-series about the collision between our reality and another one, with particles of each entering the other with potentially devastating consequences.
Twilight (Pocket Star, 2009.)
A Star Craft novel.
A group of people are scattered through realities just as a major battle looms.
GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER (See also collaborations which follow. Also writes Horror.)
Codename Wolverine (Boulevard, 1999.)
An X-Men novel.
Someone is systematically kidnapping superheroes, and the X-Men have to find out who and why before they can stop the villain.
Empire Strikes Back, The (Bantam Skylark, 1998.)
A multi-path gamebook based on the movie.
Exterminators (Pocket Star, 2004.)
A Justice League of America novel.
The JLA battles a rash of newly created supervillains after an alien plague reaches Earth.
Predator's Smile (Boulevard, 1996.)
A Daredevil novel.
Daredevil must work in uneasy cooperation with his old enemy The Kingpin when a rival criminal hires Bullseye, a psychopathic assassin, to conduct a campaign of arson.
Return of the Jedi (Bantam Skylark, 1998.)
A multi-path gamebook based on the movie.
Salvation (Boulevard, 1997.)
X-Men: Mutant Empire #3.
Magneto has used his mutant followers and an army of robots to conquer Manhattan. The X-men counterattack by subverting the programming of the robots and turning them against their former master.
Sanctuary ( Boulevard, 1996.)
X-Men: Mutant Empire #2.
Magneto has used an army of robots to seize control of Manhattan and is luring mutants from all over the world to join him, even though the X-Men insist that it's all part of a sinister plot for world domination.
Seven of Nine (Pocket, 1998.)
A Star Trek: Voyager novel.
An ex-borg has to adjust to life as a separate individual when she joins the crew of a Federation starship.
Siege (Boulevard, 1996.)
X-Men: Mutant Empire #1.
War erupts between good and bad mutants when Magneto seizes a top secret installation and the X-men mobilize to prevent him from exploiting his gains.
Star Wars (Bantam Skylark, 1998.)
A multi-path gamebook based on the movie.
GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER & HATCH, RICHARD
Armageddon (Pocket, 1998.)
Battlestar Galactica #15.
Adama is dead and Apollo must now shoulder the burden of command as the refugee fleet, now eighteen years in space, confronts yet another horde of Cylon attack vessels.
Warhawk (Pocket, 2000.)
Battlestar Galactica #16.
Under new leadership, the fleet of refugee humans attempts to outwit the Cylon attackers and find a new home.
GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER & MARIOTTE, JEFF
Netherwar (Ace, 1999.)
A Gen13 novel.
A group of teenaged superheroes escape a malevolent government organization plotting to exploit their abilities. They are then tested when they try to prevent the villains from gaining possession of the power to destroy the world.
GOLDIN, STEPHEN (Note that Edward E. Smith is listed as the co-author of the Family D’Alembert series but actually had nothing to do with the writing of the novels, which took place after his death. See also collaborations which follow. Also writes Fantasy.)
And Not Make Dreams Your Master (Gold Medal, 1981.)
Shared dreaming is a popular form of entertainment, and Vince Roundel is the most talented broadcaster of dreams around. Unfortunately, something goes wrong during one session and the protagonist must enter his mind and correct the pattern or thousands of people may die a hideous death.
Appointment at Bloodstar (Jove, 1978, Panther, 1978.)
Family D’Alembert #5.
A brilliant assassin is methodically killing members of the aristocracy, until she crosses paths with the two most competent secret agents working within the galactic empire.
Assault on the Gods (Doubleday, 1977, Hale, 1978, Crest, 1981.)
A feisty star captain and her crew land on a primitive planet where they set out to undermine the dictatorship of the gods, a group of beings with such advanced technology that they effectively are minor deities.
Caravan (Laser, 1975.)
A man’s prediction that human civilization was about to crumble comes true, and many of the survivors blame him as the cause. He is taken to safety by a caravan which conveys him on a perilous journey to a still functioning starship.
Clockwork Traitor, The (Pyramid, 1977, Panther, 1978.)
Family D’Alembert #3.
Agents of the galactic empire investigate a plot to kill the heir to the emperor’s throne before she can take office, and thereby disrupt the entire empire.
Eclipsing Binaries (Berkley, 1983, Panther, 1984.)
Family D’Alembert #8.
A cyborged human brain is part of a nefarious plot to undermine the intelligence service of the empire by creating exact duplicates of key agents and using them to lure genuine agents into traps.
Eternity Brigade, The (Gold Medal, 1980.)
An army of professional soldiers was originally kept in cryosleep until they were needed, but now it is possible to simply use a handful as original for matter duplicators. The now obsolete soldiers, however, decide that they aren’t going to be quietly disposed of.
Finish Line (Laser, 1976.)
Hunt #2.
A man sickened by the excesses of the interstellar scavenger hunt is nevertheless tricked into pursuing the game by his obsessed sister.
Getaway World (Pyramid, 1977, Panther, 1977.)
Family D’Alembert #4.
Spies from the galactic empire investigate the unusual gathering of a large number of prominent criminals on a remote planet, where they are planning a joint venture of unprecedented daring.
Herds (Laser, 1975.)
A man’s plot to murder his wife and blame it on residents of a nearby commune falls apart when an alien from another world makes contact with the hippies.
Imperial Stars (Pyramid, 1976, Panther, 1976.)
Family D’Alembert #1.
There is evidence of a plot to assassinate the head of the Galactic Empire so two agents from a heavy planet are sent to investigate using their usual cover, that of a star traveling circus troupe.
Mindflight (Gold Medal, 1978, Hamlyn, 1982.)
A telepathic intelligence agent becomes a fugitive when his own boss decides that he has too much dangerous knowledge and hires professional killers to assassinate him.
Omicron Invasion, The (Berkley, 1985.)
Family D’Alembert #9.
An alien race conquers a human colony world, forcing the empire and its opposition to put aside their personal differences and forge a defensive alliance.
Planet of Treachery (Berkley, 1982, Panther, 1982.)
Family D’Alembert #7.
Gastonia is a prison world from which escape is supposed to be impossible, but agents of the galactic empire discover that someone has been quietly rescuing certain key traitors as part of a renewed plot to bring down the imperial throne.
Purity Plot, The (Panther, 1978, Berkley, 1980.)
Family D’Alembert #6.
The planet Purity was settled by religious fanatics who have now turned outward, building an army with which to spread to the stars and impose their religion on other worlds. The D’Alemberts are sent to Purity to disrupt their plans before open warfare becomes necessary.
Revolt of the Galaxy (Berkley, 1985, Grafton, 1985.)
Family D’Alembert #10.
Just as it seems the far flung plot against the empire has finally been defeated, the D’Alemberts discover that there are plots within plots, and that the ultimate source of the rebellion may be the imperial throne itself.
Scavenger Hunt (Laser, 1976.)
Hunt #1.
A galactic contest turns ugly when one of the participants becomes so determined to win that she loses all sense of proportion and undergoes a change of personality.
Stranglers’ Moon (Pyramid, 1976, Panther, 1977.)
Family D’Alembert #2.
Someone has apparently kidnapped a quarter of a million people from a resort planet, so a pair of galactic secret agents are sent on separate missions to find out what has happened to them.
Trek to Madworld (Bantam, 1979, Titan, 1994.)
A Star Trek novel.
The Enterprise contends with a Klingon warship to determine the fate of a human colony world which seems to be inhabited exclusively by the insane.
World Called Solitude, A (Doubleday, 1981, Crest, 1982.)
A refugee from the repressive government of Earth discovers an abandoned planet whose inhabitants had built an advanced technology that still survives, thanks to some self repairing robots. He is adjusting to his solitary existence when a human woman arrives, a woman he thinks he’s falling in love with, but who may pose a threat to the entire human race.
GOLDIN, STEPHEN & MASON, MARY
Jade Darcy and the Zen Pirates (Roc, 1990, Penguin, 1990.)
Jade Darcy #2.
Jade accompanies a woman to a world dominated by religious activities where the succession to the lead role in their religion is hotly, and violently contested.
Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor (Signet, 1988, New English Library, 1988.)
Jade Darcy #1.
The only human on a savage world is employed as a bouncer until the arrival of a man bearing memories of her past causes her to agree to a dangerous mission spying within the borders of a belligerent alien empire.
GOLDING, LOUIS (Also writes Horror.)
Pursuer, The (?, 1936.)
Not seen. A man is bothered by mental leakage from his alternate self in a parallel world.
GOLDING, MORTON J. (See also Jay Martin.)
Night Mare (Dell, 1970.)
A scientist falls under the influence of a mysterious woman who holds the key to another realm of existence where human forms aren’t immutable, and from which a deadly danger threatens the Earth.
GOLDING, WILLIAM
Inheritors, The (Faber, 1955, Harcourt Brace & World, 1962, Pocket, 1963.)
Thought provoking, sympathetic novel of the plight of Neanderthal people when faced with extinction more or less at the hands of our primitive ancestors.
Lord of the Flies (Faber, 1954, Coward McCann, 1955, Capricorn, 1959, Penguin, 1960, Perigee, 1959, Amereon, 1984, Riverhead, 1997.)
Classic story of a handful of young boys marooned on a remote island during a nuclear war. With all their adult companions dead, the boys evolve a new and sometimes violent new culture of their own.
GOLDMAN, LAWRENCE LOUIS
Takeover (Curtis, 1973.)
Implausible story about a twenty-four year old iconoclast who is overwhelmingly elected President despite its illegality, and the changes he makes to the US government.
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM (Also writes Fantasy.)
Brothers (Warner, 1986, Grafton, 1986.)
Suspenseful but unlikely suspense story about self aware bombs designed to look like children. This is the sequel to the non-SF Marathon Man.
Control (Delacorte, 1982, Hodder, 1982.)
Convoluted thriller that involves a plot to retroactively change history.
GOLDSMITH, HOWARD (Also writes Horror.)
Invasion: 2200 AD (Doubleday, 1979.)
Not seen.
GOLDSTEIN, LISA (Also writes Fantasy.)
Daily Voices (Pulphouse, 1989.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Mask for the General, A (Bantam, 1987, Legend, 1989.)
America has declined into a military dictatorship led by a corrupt officer. The self avowed resistance is largely ineffectual, and most of those unhappy with the government have retreated into a pretend world of a different culture symbolized by wearing elaborate masks. Then two disparate people come together and set in motion a movement which could bring down the tyranny.
GOLDSTON, ROBERT (Also writes Fantasy and Horror.)
Last of Lazarus, The (Random House, 1966, Avon, 1967.)
Comic novel of a man who achieves immortality by submitting to a medical experiment that allows him to be repeatedly resurrected from the dead.
Ancients (St Martins, 2008.)
Event Group #3.
An ancient weapon from a lost civilization is discovered.
Event (Thomas Dunne, 2006.)
Event Group #1.
A special team must deal with the presence of two alien visitors.
Legend (Thomas Dunne, 2007.)
Event Group #2.
The secret government team is sent to South America where they encounter amphibian humans.
Leviathan (Thomas Dunne, 2009.)
Event Group #4.
A descendant of the inspiration for Captain Nemo wages war against ocean shipping.
GOLISZEK, ANDREW
World Order (Forge, 1998.)
Marginal thriller about secret biological weapons programs being carried about by a hidden organization within the US government that plans to destabilize various foreign powers. They also possess aircraft so far advanced that they are the source of most UFO sightings. Two people stumble across the plot and are forced to investigate to avoid being quietly killed.
GOLL, REINHOLD W.
Spaceship to Planet Veta (Westminster, 1962.)
Veta #2.
Not seen.
Through Space to Planet T (Westminster, 1963.)
Not seen.
Visitors from Planet Veta, The (Westminster, 1961.)
Veta #1.
Not seen.
Subnorms, The (BainBridge, 2000.)
A new class of mutants appears in the next century, disliked and feared by the normal humans. A man on a quest to find his son, who may be a secret rebel, is aided by his development of unusual psychic powers.
Clickers (Darktales, 2000.)
A small town is beset by a plague of poisonous crabs which have emerged after millennia hidden from humans.
GONZALES, TONY
Eve (Gollancz, 2008.)
Disparate characters cause an upheaval in an interstellar culture.
GOOD, CHARLES (Pseudonym of Charles Goodrich.)
Wheel Comes a Turn, The (Vantage, 1963.)
Not seen.
GOODCHILD, GEORGE (Writes Fantasy as Alan Dare.)
Doctor Zil’s Experiment (Ward, Lock, 1953.)
In the far future, humankind has become extinct and a new intelligent species dominates the Earth.
Message from Space, A (Jarrolds, 1931.)
Not seen.
Monster of Grammont, The (?, 1927.)
Not seen.
Radiant Dawn (Perilous, 2000.)
Radiant Dawn #1.
Human mutants gather into a cult that threatens to destabilize the world.
Ravenous Dusk (Perilous, 2002.)
Radiant Dawn #2.
The wave of mutation on Earth proves to be the workings of Cthulhoid aliens.
GOODFELLOW, DAVID
Not Long Under an Alien Sun (University Editions, 1996.)
Vanity press novel about future political rivalries and espionage among the stars.
GOODFIELD, JUNE
Courier to Peking (Dutton, 1973, Pocket, 1974.)
Routine thriller involving a method of sending coded messages by interpreting the body’s immunological information.
Killing the Rabbit (Bantam, 2007.)
Near future thriller involving genetic engineering.
Singing the Dogstar Blues (Viking, 2003.)
A teenager paired with an alien student learns about himself as well as his companion.
GOODMAN, DEBORAH (Also writes Fantasy.)
You See the Future (Bantam, 1988.)
Multi-path game book.
GOODMAN, JULIUS (Also writes Fantasy.)
Space Patrol (Bantam, 1983.)
A Choose Your Own Adventure book.
Multi-path gamebook in which you battle space pirates.
GOODRICH, CHARLES
Genesis of Nam, The (Dorrance, 1957.)
Not seen. Colonization of another planet.
GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN
Bones of Time, The (Tor, 1996.)
Two interwoven stories, one about a man inventing time travel because he is in love with a woman from the past, the other involving the creation of a clone of Kamehameha of Hawaii and its consequences.
Crescent City Rhapsody (Avon Eos, 2000, Millennium, 2000.)
Verity #3.
A periodic signal from space renders all electronic equipment inoperable, throwing modern civilization into chaos. Genetic manipulation and nanotechnology offer an eventual solution, but in the meantime elements within the government of the US and other countries are actively trying to prevent anyone from revealing that the signal is a sign of another intelligent species.
In War Times (Tor, 2007.)
Alternate history involving a device that changes the human wish for war.
Light Music (Avon Eos, 2002.)
Verity #4.
In a future in which nanotechnology has swept over the Earth and made the internet and broadcasting obsolete, a series of strange disappearances attracts the protagonist's attention.
Mississippi Blues (Tor, 1997.)
Verity #2.
The freed people of the nanotech hive that was once Cincinnati are traveling down river via steamboat, hoping to find refuge in New Orleans. They have various adventures as they necessarily explore a radically changed North America.
Queen City Jazz (Tor, 1994, HarperCollins, 1998.)
Verity #1.
Nanotechnology turned out to be a mixed blessing, as plagues of the micromachines destroyed some cities and left the world broken up into isolated communities. A young woman from one such community, where nanotech has been outlawed, sets out on a perilous quest to one of the living cities in search of help.
GORDEN, GREG & SLAVICSEK, BILL
Dark Realm, The (West End, 1990.)
Possibility War #2.
A handful of heroes organizes to resist the invasion of our reality by creatures from other universes.
GORDON, DONALD
Flight of the Bat (Fleetway, 1977.)
Unlikely story of a Russian ultimatum for the surrender of the British Isles, foiled by a daring pilot’s proof that Moscow is vulnerable to a similar attack.
GORDON, FRITZ (Pseudonym of Fred G. Jarvis and Robert F. Van Beveer.)
Flight of the Bamboo Saucer, The (Award, 1967.)
Spies battle for the secret of a working flying saucer apparently constructed by US scientists, which includes technological advances that would make most of the military hardware in the world obsolete.
GORDON, JAIMY
Shamp and the City-Solo (Treacle, 1980.)
Incomprehensible silliness set in the next century.
GORDON, REX (Pseudonym of S.B. Hough, whom see.)
First on Mars (Ace, 1957, Corgi, 1958. Heinemann, 1956, as No Man Friday.)
A lone astronaut is marooned on the red planet, salvages equipment from his wrecked ship, finds a way to survive, and discovers the remnants of an intelligent species that once dominated that world.
First Through Time (Ace, 1962. Gibbs & Phillips, 1964, Tandem, 1964, as The Time Factor.)
An experimental time machine retrieves evidence that the world is about to be destroyed. The protagonist is sent into the future to see if he can find out how it happened and, if possible, help them to avert it.
First to the Stars (Ace, 1959. Consul, 1961, as The Worlds of Eclos.)
Two people who are not particularly fond of one another are chosen to take the first trip to the stars, which is supposed to be comparatively short. It turns out otherwise, and the conflict between their personalities affects their adventures among a number of alien cultures.
No Man Friday. (See First on Mars.)
Paw of God, The. (See Utopia Minus X.)
Time Factor, The. (See First Through Time.)
Utopia Minus X (Ace, 1966. Gibbs, 1967, Tandem, 1967, revised significantly, as The Paw of God.)
A star traveler returns to Earth after two centuries to discover the world has been united under a single, supposedly benevolent, but quietly repressive government.
Utopia 239 (Heinemann, 1955, Consul, 1961.)
The rebirth of civilization after World War III.
Worlds of Eclos, The. (See First to the Stars.)
Yellow Fraction, The (Ace, 1969, Dobson, 1972.)
Colonists on another world have split up into factions about how to shape their future. One group wishes to leave the planet entirely, which makes them outcasts, particularly when it is clear that they have built and are prepared to launch a starship.
GORDON, STUART (Pseudonym of Richard Gordon. Writes horror fiction as Alex R. Stuart. Also writes Fantasy.)
Archon (Macdonald, 1987.)
Watchers #1.
Two people are haunted by visions of a titanic struggle, and eventually find themselves drafted into a battle against forces which could alter the orientation of the Earth and destroy humanity.
Eyes Trilogy, The (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1978.)
Omnibus of the Phadraig trilogy.
Fire in the Abyss (Berkley, 1983, Arrow, 1984.)
Sir Humphrey Gilbert is snatched through time by a secret US government project. Imprisoned, he establishes a telepathic link with other time detainees and eventually engineers their escape into the 21st Century.
Hidden World, The (Macdonald, 1988.)
Watchers #2.
Not seen.
Mask, The (Macdonald, 1988, Orbit, 1988.)
Watchers #3.
The resolution to a battle for control of the future of humankind, with a group of people opposed by the mysterious Beast.
One-Eye (DAW, 1973, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974.)
Phadraig #1.
In a future world where mutations are frequent, the people of Phadraig indulge in almost fanatic genetic purity, until one charismatic leader arises who questions the status quo, giving rise to a heretical religious movement.
Smile on the Void (Putnam, 1981, Berkley, 1982, Arrow, 1982.)
A brilliant and unsavory entrepreneur of the near future engages in a series of activities that will eventually transform the world.
Time Story (New English Library, 1971, DAW, 1973.)
Various adventures of two people who range freely through time, sometimes as allies, sometimes as opponents.
Three-Eyes (DAW, 1975, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1976.)
Phadraig #3
The ascendance of a mutant child, a world altering religious movement, the rebirth of scientific knowledge, and the collapse of the old order in the concluding volume of this trilogy.
Two-Eyes (DAW, 1974, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975.)
Phadraig #2.
The birth of a mutant child with superhuman powers is the catalyst for the transformation of a primitive future world. Unfortunately, it also launches a series of conflicts including a major religious war.
GORMAN, ED (See also Bruce Boxleitner and Daniel Ransom. Also writes Horror.)
Different Kinds of Dead (Five Star, 2005.)
Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are SF.
GORMLEY, GERARD
Dolphin Summer, A (Taplinger, 1985.)
Very marginal tale of a young dolphin with some speculation about their intelligence.
Kalpa Imperial (Small Beer Press, 2003, Ibooks, 2005, translated from the Spanish by Ursula K. Le Guin. Originally published in Argentina.)
Episodic history of a fictional country that rises to become an empire and then falls.
GORST, H.E.
Farthest South (Greening, 1900.)
Marginal story of an expedition to the South Pole.
Sketches of the Future (MacQueen, 1898.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
GOSHGARIAN, GARY (See also Gary Braver. Also writes Horror.)
Atlantis Fire (Dial, 1980, Avon, 1981.)
An expedition uncovers the ruins of Atlantis in the Aegean Sea, but their efforts are hindered by government intrusion, spies, and the imminence of an undersea cataclysm.
Rough Beast (Donald Fine, 1995, Leisure, 1997.)
A government genetic experiment goes horribly wrong and the child, now returned to his parents, begins to undergo changes that make him a danger to all around him.
GOSS, JAMES
Almost Perfect (BBC, 2008.)
A Torchwood novel.
?
GOTH, LOUIS A.
Red-12 (Dell, 1980.)
A flying saucer crashes somewhere in the US and the government is off to find it. At the same time, the Russians and Chinese are determined that the technology aboard will not fall into US hands, even if that means destroying the ship rather than retrieving it.
GOTLIEB, PHYLLIS
Birthstones (Red Deer, 2007.)
Women evolve into wombs and men have learned to teleport.
Blue Apes (Tesseract, 1995.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Emperor, Swords, Pentacles (Ace, 1982.)
Dragons #2.
An agent is sent to investigate why an otherwise innocuous world inhabited by a species that resembles crayfish has suddenly gone incommunicado.
Flesh and Gold (Tor, 1998.)
Stars #1.
A telepathic judge in an interstellar community discovers the existence of organized slavery and sets out to uncover those responsible despite threats to her life.
Heart of Red Iron (St Martins, 1989.)
Dahlgren #2.
Efforts to colonize a planet are endangered by the existence of an unsuspected intelligent species who can communicate mentally, but only with a brain damaged human whom no one believes.
Judgment of Dragons, A (Berkley, 1980.)
Dragons #1.
Episodic adventure of two extraterrestrial creatures who travel to Earth, in a humorous vein.
Kingdom of the Cats, The (Ace, 1985.)
Dragons #3.
A group of interstellar travelers volunteers to return to Earth, where they are trapped and killed.
O Master Caliban! (Harper & Row, 1976, Corgi, 1979, Bantam, 1979.)
Dahlgren #1.
Humans, artificially created mutants, and intelligent machines all battle for control of a hostile but important fringe world after the artificially constructed inhabitants rebel against their enslavement.
Son of the Morning and Other Stories (Ace, 1983.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Sunburst (Gold Medal, 1964, Coronet, 1966, Berkley, 1978.)
In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, a generation of children in a poor community begin to manifest psi powers so great that they could be a menace to the entire world.
Violent Stars (Tor, 1999.)
Stars #2.
A series of murders is committed on various planets as part of a complex plan to foil the expansion of an interstellar corporation.
GOTO, C.S.
Ascension (Black Library, 2005.)
A Warhammer novel.
Space marines are caught between two different forces this time.
Blood Ravens (Black Library, 2008.)
A Warhammer book.
Omnibus of Dawn of War, Ascension, and Tempest.
Dawn of War (Black Library, 2004.)
A Warhammer novel.
Space marines attempt to maintain control of a contested planet.
Eldar Prophecy (Black Library, 2007.)
A Warhammer novel.
A man travels through space seeking revenge.
Salvation (Black Library, 2005.)
A Necromunda novel.
In a decadent urban future, a man discovers the secret of an ancient artifact.
Tempest (Black Library, ?)
A Warhammer novel.
?
Warrior Brood (Black Library, 2005.)
A Warhammer novel.
?
Warrior Coven (Black Library, 2006.)
A Warhammer novel.
An uneasy alliance with aliens may have disastrous results.
GOTSCHALK, FELIX
Growing Up in Tier 3000 (Ace, 1975.)
In a highly controlled, urbanized future, human emotions have been greatly suppressed, but the underlying tensions are about to split an increasingly violent culture apart.
GOTTESFELD, JEFF (See collaboration with Cherie Bennett.)
GOTTFRIED, CHET
Steel Eye, The (Space & Time, 1984.)
The humorous story of a robot detective and his various adventures in the style of Dashiell Hammett.
GOULART, RON (See also William Shatner, Kenneth Robeson, Joseph Silva, Frank Shawn, Con Steffanson, and collaborations which follow. Note that the Jack Summer, Chameleon, Exchameleon, Star Hawks, and Barnum series are all set in the same universe. The Exchameleon series follows the Chameleon series. Also writes Horror.)
After Things Fell Apart (Ace, 1970, Arrow, 1975, Berkley, 1985.)
In the aftermath of the collapse of the US, individual communities reorganize along their particular lines of interest, including an aging rock musician commune, a Mafia town, and others.
Big Bang (DAW, 1982.)
Odd Jobs #3.
Someone has found a way to mysteriously assassinate prominent world figures, making them suddenly explode with no apparent reason. The twin Presidents of the US call upon Odd Jobs Inc. to find out who’s responsible and bring them to justice.
Bloodstalk (Warner, 1975, Sphere, 1976.)
Vampirella #1.
A space probe returns from a mysterious planet bearing a humanoid girl from that world, who is actually a form of vampire who must drink human blood in order to survive.
Blood Wedding (Warner, 1976.)
Vampirella #4.
An aristocrat invites Vampirella to his castle as his guest, but his secret plan is to give her the starring role in an elaborate, and deadly, ritual.
Brainz, Inc. (DAW, 1985.)
Odd Jobs #4.
The owner of an android manufacturing company is murdered, but she made provisions while living to have her personality downloaded into an android. Now she hires Odd Jobs Inc. to solve her own murder, and prove that she’s the legal continuance of her original personality.
Brinkman (Doubleday, 1981, Wildside, 2001.)
In a future where America has become a nation of the poor, one man stumbles across a secret enclave of the rich.
Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines (MacMillan, 1971, Collier, 1972.)
Collection of unrelated stories.
Calling Dr. Patchwork (DAW, 1978.)
Odd Jobs #1.
Someone is taking bits and pieces of stage magic and forgotten lore to recreate the experiments of the fictional Dr. Frankenstein, this time for real.
Capricorn One (Gold Medal, 1978, based on the screenplay by Peter Hyams.)
The first expedition to Mars seems foredoomed to fail, and a conspiracy is