From archive (archive) Subject: Author Lists: Keith Laumer From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM Date: 9 Dec 88 14:27:54 GMT Keith Laumer has actually written far less Retief stories than it appears by a simple book count. If you take a bunch of old stories, and publish a set of them that haven't been published together before, you have a new story collection! If the publishers are feeling nice, they may add one new story. Baen books has been grossly guilty of this during the last few years. The books with two copywrite dates generally was published the second time with all the old material plus a new story or two. [C] == Short Story Collection. [O] == Omnibus. Includes other books. aka == Also known by this other title. as == Originally published using this pen name /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laumer, [John] Keith [,B.Sc.] [U.S.A., 09/06/1925- ] The Retief Books: Envoy to New Worlds [1963] [C] Galactic Diplomat [1965] [C] Retief's War [1966] Retief and the Warlords [1968] Retief: Ambassador to Space [1969] [C] Retief's Ransom [1971] Retief of the C.D.T. [1971] [C] Retief: Emissary to the Stars [1975] [C] Retief at Large [1979] [C] Retief Unbound [1979] [C] [includes "Retief's Ransom"] Retief: Diplomat at Arms [1982] [C] Retief to the Rescue [1983] [C] The Return of Retief [1984] Retief in the Ruins [1986] [C] Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude [1986] [C] [includes "Retief's Ransom"] Retief: Envoy to New Worlds [1987] [C] [includes "Envoy to New Worlds"] The Lafayette O'Leary Series: The Time Bender [1966] The World Shuffler [1970] The Shape Changer [1972] The Galaxy Builder [1984] The Imperium Series: Worlds of the Imperium [1962, 1982] Beyond the Imperium [1981] [O] The Other Side of Time [1965] Assignment in Nowhere [1968] The Invaders Series: [based on tv series] The Invaders [1967] [as Anthony LeBaron] [aka "The Meteor Man"] Enemies from Beyond [1967] The Bolo Books: Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade [1976] [C] Rogue Bolo [1985] A Trace of Memory [1963] The Great Time Machine Hoax [1964] A Plague of Demons [1965] Catastrophe Planet [1966] The Monitors [1966] Galactic Odyssey [1967] Nine by Laumer [1967] [C] Greylorn [1968] [aka "The Other Sky"] [C] It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy [1968] [C] The Day Before Forever & Thunderhead [1968] [2 novels] The Long Twilight [1969] The House in November [1970] Time Trap [1970] The Star Treasure [1971, 1986] Once There was a Giant [1971] [C] Deadfall [aka "Fat Chance"] [1971] Dinosaur Beach [1971] The Infinite Cage [1972] Night of Delusions [1972] Timetracks [1972] [C] The Big Show [1972] [C] The Glory Game [1973] The Undefeated [1974] [C] The Best of Keith Laumer [1976] [C] The Ultimax Man [1978] Star Colony [1981] The Breaking Earth [1981] [C] [includes "Catastrophe Planet"] Knight of Delusions [1982] [C] [includes "Night of Delusions"] A Chrestomathy [1984] [C] End as a Hero [1985] Laumer, [John] Keith & Brown, Rosel George Earthblood [1966] Laumer, [John] Keith & Dickson, Gordon R[upert] Planet Run [1967] ---------------------------------------------------------------- From rec.arts.sf-lovers Mon Apr 29 13:00:16 1991 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!mcsun!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!gordon From: gordon@cs.UAlberta.CA (Gordon Atwood) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Retief of the CDT Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 19:37:03 GMT References: <1991Apr17.231745.17002@news.iastate.edu> <1991Apr19.151045.3501@waikato.ac.nz> <4312@stl.stc.co.uk> Sender: news@cs.UAlberta.CA (News Administrator) Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 111 pmv@stl.stc.co.uk (Paul M. Venkatesh) writes: >In the referenced article ccc_rex@waikato.ac.nz writes: >> >>I don't know if this is a complete list, but these are the ones I have read: Well, here's a 'completer' list: Enjoy. G.H.A. -------------- Retief Revealed! There are (to the best of my knowledge) 13 Retief books available. Many of the early short stories originally appeared in 'IF Magazine'. To make things worse, many of the titles changed when put in book form. The final insult is that some of the stories are doubled in other books. This was hastily compiled last night, and typed in this morning. I apologize for any types (though with some of the titles they aren't!). Anyone proffering corrections and extensions will be most welcomed. As you will note, the oldest book, 'Envoy To New Worlds' is contained in 'Retief At Large' and 'Retief Unbound'. You may not need to add it to your collection. Likewise, you could avoid 'Retief Unbound' by having 'Envoy To New Worlds' and 'Retief And the Pangalactic Pageant Of Pulchritude'. There is a discrepancy that needs to be cleared up. In the list orginally posted by 'ccc_rex@waikato.ac.nz' the of pages exceed mine for 5 books. Perhaps they are newer editions with easy-to-read larger type. I'm mailing him a request to check his books against mine. Hopefully he can remove any fears that I now have about missing stuff :-) Envoy To New Worlds, 1963, pp134 [My book is not titled 'Retief: Envoy ... '] Protocol Sealed Orders Cultural Exchange Aide Memoire Policy Palace Revolution Retief At Large, 1978, pp440 [I believe all these stories appeared in IF even though the copyright statements only indicate the ones with alternate titles did] Cultural Exchange, 1962 Saline Solution, 1963 Castle Of Light, The, 1964 Wicker Wonderland, 1964 (City That Grew In the Sea, The) Brass God, The, 1964 (God-Speaker) Mechanical Advantage, 1966 (Retief, the Long-Awaited Master) Dam Nuisance, 1966 Grime And Punishment, 1967 (Clear As Mud) Forbidden City, The , 1967 (Retief, War Criminal) Piecemakers, The, 1970 Ballot And Bandits, 1970 Pime Doesn't Cray, 1971 Retief: Diplomat At Arms, 1982, pp207 [All stories except 'The Secret' are indicated to have appeared in IF] Ultimatum, 1963 (Mightiest Quorn) Native Intelligence, 1963 (Governor of Glave, The) Prince And the Pirate, 1964 Courier, 1961 (Frozen Planet) Protest Note, 1962 (Desert And the Stars, The) Truce Or Consequences, 1966 Secret, The [Never before published novella (or so the credits claim)] Retief's War, 1965, pp172 Retief And the Warlords, 1968, pp175 Retief Of the CDT, 1971, pp191 [All appeared previously in IF (This supports my belief concerning stories in 'Retief At Large')] Mechanical Advantage (See 'Retief At Large') Ballot And Bandits (See 'Retief At Large') Pime Doesn't Cray (See 'Retief At Large') Internal Affair, 1971 Piecemakers, The (See 'Retief At Large') Retief: Emissary To the Stars, 1979, pp239 Hoob Melon Crisis, The Garbage Invasion, The [Appeared in 'The Magazine of F&FS'] Troubleshooter, The Negotiators, The [Appeared in 'Analog'] Giant Killer Forest In the Sky, The Trick Or Treaty Retief Unbound, 1979, pp343 Protocol (See 'Envoy To New Worlds') Sealed Orders (See 'Envoy To New Worlds') Aide Memoire (See 'Envoy To New Worlds') Policy (See 'Envoy To New Worlds') Palace Revolution (See 'Envoy To New Worlds') Retief's Ransom, 1971 [Novel] Retief To the Rescue, 1983, pp237 Return Of Retief, The, 1984, pp221 Retief And the Pangalactic Pageant Of Pulchritude, 1986, pp278 Retief And the Pangalactic Pageant Of Pulchritude [Novella] Retief's Ransom (See 'Retief Unbound') Retief In the Ruins, 1986, pp247 Retief In the Ruins There Is A Tide [Novella] Woomy, The [Novella] Reward For Retief, 1989, pp340 From rec.arts.sf-lovers Tue May 7 11:56:55 1991 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!mcsun!uunet!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!cunews!cognos!roberts From: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Listing of Keith Laumer Books Message-ID: <9614@cognos.UUCP> Date: 6 May 91 03:21:27 GMT References: <1991May1.000709.258@ulkyvx.bitnet> <9605@cognos.UUCP> Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 142 I dug up John Wenn's book list on Keith Laumer from December 1988, and also went back to basics - the standard reference works plus my own shelves. The result is this somewhat incomplete bibliography. I've scared up most of the titles, but I have a way to go sorting out publication dates and versions. John correctly observed that there are far fewer Retief stories than the number of Retief book titles might lead one to assume; most stories have been issued at least twice, and some more than that (excluding their original magazine appearances). Another factor is that Keith Laumer has produced a lot of short novels, and these are now being amalgamated into new compendiums, but sometimes in revised form. On the other hand, Laumerphiles (among whom I number myself) rather enjoy chasing down these little discrepancies. My own favourite Laumer book, for historic reasons, remains "Galactic Odyssey". I am finally starting to get my big SF database back on line, which means that I welcome corrections and updates to this list. [A] == Anthology (edited by). [C] == Short Story Collection. [N] == Novel. [O] == Omnibus (includes other books). aka == Also known by this other title. as == Alternatively published using this pen name. Robert_S Internet: roberts%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Laumer, [John] Keith [,B.Sc.] [U.S.A., 09/06/1925- ] The Retief Books: 1963 [C] Envoy to New Worlds 1965 [C] Galactic Diplomat [nine incidents of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne] 1966 [N] Retief's War 1968 [N] Retief and the Warlords 1969 [C] Retief: Ambassador to Space [seven incidents of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne] 1971 [N] Retief's Ransom 1971 [C] Retief of the C.D.T. 1975 [C] Retief: Emissary to the Stars [also 1962, 1972] 1979 [C] Retief at Large 1979 [C] Retief Unbound [Includes "Retief's Ransom"] 1982 [C] Retief: Diplomat at Arms 1983 [C] Retief to the Rescue 1984 [N] The Return of Retief 1986 [C] Retief in the Ruins 1986 [C] Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude [includes "Retief's Ransom"] 1987 [C] Retief: Envoy to New Worlds [includes "Envoy to New Worlds"] 1989 [N] Reward for Retief The Lafayette O'Leary Series: 1966 [N] The Time Bender 1970 [N] The World Shuffler 1972 [N] The Shape Changer 1984 [N] The Galaxy Builder The Imperium Series: 1962 [N] Worlds of the Imperium [also 1982] 1965 [N] The Other Side of Time 1968 [N] Assignment in Nowhere 1981 [O] Beyond the Imperium The Other Side of Time Assignment in Nowhere 1990 [N] Zone Yellow The Invaders Series: [based on tv series] 1967 [N] The Invaders [as Anthony LeBaron] [aka "The Meteor Men"] 1967 [N] Enemies From Beyond The Bolo Books: 1976 [C] Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade 1985 [N] Rogue Bolo 1990 [O] The Compleat Bolo Bolo: The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade Rogue Bolo (parts I and II) 1963 [N] A Trace of Memory 1964 [N] The Great Time Machine Hoax 1964 [N] The Other Sky 1965 [N] A Plague of Demons 1966 [N] Catastrophe Planet 1966 [N] The Monitors 1967 [N] Galactic Odyssey 1967 [C] Nine by Laumer 1968 [C] Greylorn [aka "The Other Sky"] 1968 [C] It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy 1968 [N] The Day Before Forever & Thunderhead [2 novels] 1968 [N] The Drowned Queen ["The Avengers" #6] 1969 [N] The Long Twilight 1970 [N] The House in November 1970 [N] Time Trap 1970 [A] Five Fates [edited by Keith Laumer] [published anonymously] 1971 [N] The Star Treasure [also 1986] 1971 [C] Once There Was a Giant 1971 [N] Dinosaur Beach 1972 [N] The Infinite Cage 1972 [N] Night of Delusions 1972 [C] Timetracks 1972 [C] The Big Show 1973 [N] The Glory Game 1974 [C] The Undefeated 1976 [C] The Best of Keith Laumer 1978 [N] The Ultimax Man 1981 [N] Star Colony 1981 [C] The Breaking Earth [includes "Catastrophe Planet"] 1981 [O] The Other Sky [1964] / The House In November [1970] 1982 [C] Knight of Delusions [includes "Night of Delusions", "Thunderhead"] 1984 [C] Chrestomathy 1985 [N] End as a Hero 1990 [N] The Stars Must Wait 1991 [N] Judson's Eden 19?? [?] Fort Ancient 19?? [?] The Afrit Affair 19?? [?] The Gold Bomb 19?? [?] The Universe Builder Laumer, [John] Keith & Brown, Rosel George 1966 [N] Earthblood Laumer, [John] Keith & Dickson, Gordon R[upert] 1967 [N] Planet Run Non-Fiction 19?? How to Design & Build Flying Models General Fiction 19?? [N] Embassy Mystery 1971 [N] Deadfall [aka "Fat Chance"] 19?? [N] Cop Trouble ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Robert Stanley UUCP: cunews!cognos!roberts | Smile when you say Cognos, Inc. INet: roberts%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.ca | that, pardner! (Research) Alice: (613) 738-1338 x6115 (EST/EDT) [I admit to a few faults, but being wrong is not one of them. :-) ] From rec.arts.sf-lovers Tue May 7 11:57:14 1991 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!cunews!cognos!roberts From: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Listing of Keith Laumer Books Summary: A couple of corrections Message-ID: <9615@cognos.UUCP> Date: 6 May 91 13:01:45 GMT References: <9614@cognos.UUCP> Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 24 Well, so much for doing things late at night from home! Two mistakes instantly visible this a.m.: First off, there ain't no such address as ccs.carleton.edu, it's ccs.carleton.ca (meaning Canada, not California). => Internet: roberts%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.edu ^^^ Internet: roberts%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.ca And a slight touch of brain fade (because I was actually reading it at the time and it wasn't on my shelves), there is a missing entry: 1991 [C] Alien Minds A Baen Books collection of some of his earlier works, all about alien encounters. Some good, some not so good seen through contemporary eyes. Robert_S -- Robert Stanley UUCP: cunews!cognos!roberts | Smile when you say Cognos, Inc. INet: roberts%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.ca | that, pardner! (Research) Alice: (613) 738-1338 x6115 (EST/EDT) [I admit to a few faults, but being wrong is not one of them. :-) ]