About A Bertram Chandler
Arthur Bertram Chandler was an Australian science fiction author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M. He was born in Aldershot, England. He was a merchant marine officer, sailing the world in everything from tramp steamers to troopships. He immigrated to Australia in 1956, becoming an Australian citizen.
He wrote over 40 novels and 200 works of short fiction. He was most well-known for his John Grimes novels and for the Rim World series, which have a distinctly naval flavour.
He wrote over 40 novels and 200 works of short fiction. He was most well-known for his John Grimes novels and for the Rim World series, which have a distinctly naval flavour.
Series
Commander Grimes
1. Rendezvous on a Lost World (1961)
2. The Rim of Space (1961)
3. The Ship from Outside (1963)
4. The Deep Reaches of Space (1964)
5. Catch the Star Winds (1969)
6. Far Traveller (1977)
7. To Keep the Ship (1978)
8. Matilda's Stepchildren (1979)
9. Star Loot (1980)
10. The Anarch Lords (1981)
11. The Wild Ones (1984)
12. The Last Amazon (1984)
The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet (omnibus) (1979)
The Far Traveler (1979)
1. Rendezvous on a Lost World (1961)
2. The Rim of Space (1961)
3. The Ship from Outside (1963)
4. The Deep Reaches of Space (1964)
5. Catch the Star Winds (1969)
6. Far Traveller (1977)
7. To Keep the Ship (1978)
8. Matilda's Stepchildren (1979)
9. Star Loot (1980)
10. The Anarch Lords (1981)
11. The Wild Ones (1984)
12. The Last Amazon (1984)
The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet (omnibus) (1979)
The Far Traveler (1979)
Grimes in the Rim World
1. Into the Alternate Universe (1964)
2. Contraband from Otherspace (1967)
3. The Dark Dimensions (1971)
4. The Gateway to Never (1972)
5. The Way Back (1976)
The Rim Gods (1968)
1. Into the Alternate Universe (1964)
2. Contraband from Otherspace (1967)
3. The Dark Dimensions (1971)
4. The Gateway to Never (1972)
5. The Way Back (1976)
The Rim Gods (1968)
Grimes in Federation Service
1. The Road to the Rim (1967)
2. False Fatherland (1968)
aka Spartan Planet
3. To Prime the Pump (1971)
4. The Inheritors (1972)
5. The Big Black Mark (1975)
6. The Broken Cycle (1975)
7. Star Courier (1977)
1. The Road to the Rim (1967)
2. False Fatherland (1968)
aka Spartan Planet
3. To Prime the Pump (1971)
4. The Inheritors (1972)
5. The Big Black Mark (1975)
6. The Broken Cycle (1975)
7. Star Courier (1977)
Novels
Bring Back Yesterday (1961)
The Three Suns of Amara (1961)
The Hamelin Plague (1963)
The Coils of Time (1964)
Glory Planet (1964)
The Alternate Martians (1965)
Space Mercenaries (1965)
The Sea Beasts (1971)
What You Know (1971)
The Bitter Pill (1974)
When the dream dies (1981)
Kelly Country (1983)
Frontier of the Dark (1984)
Tales from the Planet Earth: A Novel with Nineteen Authors (1986) (with Lino Aldani, Brian Aldiss, Karl-Michael Armer, Jon Bing, Andre Carneiro, Ljuben Dilov, Tong Enzheng, Carlos Maria Federici, Harry Harrison, Sam J Lundwall, Joseph Nesvadba, Frederik Pohl, Spider Robinson, Tetsu Yano, Ye Yonglie and Janusz A Zajdel)
The Three Suns of Amara (1961)
The Hamelin Plague (1963)
The Coils of Time (1964)
Glory Planet (1964)
The Alternate Martians (1965)
Space Mercenaries (1965)
The Sea Beasts (1971)
What You Know (1971)
The Bitter Pill (1974)
When the dream dies (1981)
Kelly Country (1983)
Frontier of the Dark (1984)
Tales from the Planet Earth: A Novel with Nineteen Authors (1986) (with Lino Aldani, Brian Aldiss, Karl-Michael Armer, Jon Bing, Andre Carneiro, Ljuben Dilov, Tong Enzheng, Carlos Maria Federici, Harry Harrison, Sam J Lundwall, Joseph Nesvadba, Frederik Pohl, Spider Robinson, Tetsu Yano, Ye Yonglie and Janusz A Zajdel)
Collections
Beyond the Galactic Rim (1963)
Commodore at Sea (1971)
aka Alternate Orbits
The Hard Way Up (1972)
Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry (1982) (with Lee Hoffman)
From Sea to Shining Star (1989)
Commodore at Sea (1971)
aka Alternate Orbits
The Hard Way Up (1972)
Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry (1982) (with Lee Hoffman)
From Sea to Shining Star (1989)
Anthologies containing stories by A Bertram Chandler
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 7th Series (1958)
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
Worlds of If 129 (1969)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (1977)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
The Great SF Stories 7: 1945 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 19: 1957 (1989)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s (1989)
Aliens and UFO's: Extraterrestrial Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1993)
Tomorrow Bites (1995)
Space Stories (1996)
Centaurus (1999)
The Fantastic Universe Omnibus (1960)
Worlds of If 129 (1969)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (1977)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
The Great SF Stories 7: 1945 (1982)
The Great SF Stories 19: 1957 (1989)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s (1989)
Aliens and UFO's: Extraterrestrial Tales from Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1993)
Tomorrow Bites (1995)
Space Stories (1996)
Centaurus (1999)
Short stories
| Giant Killer (1945) | |||
| Castaway (1947) (writing as George Whitley) | |||
| Haunt (1950) | |||
| Finishing Touch (1952) | |||
| Frontier of the Dark (1952) | |||
| Jetsam (1953) | |||
| Shadow Before (1954) | |||
| As It Was in the Beginning (1955) (writing as S H M) | |||
| Moonfall (1955) | |||
| Not Quite the Noblest (1956) | |||
| The Unharmonious Word (1956) | |||
| Artifact (1957) | |||
| The Cage (1957) | |||
| Drift (1957) | |||
| Ghost (1957) | |||
| The Half Pair (1957) | |||
| Sense of Wonder (1957) | |||
| Critical Angle (1958) | |||
| Fall of Knight (1958) | |||
| Planet of Ill Repute (1958) | |||
| What Would You Do? (1958) | |||
| What's In a Name? (1958) (writing as S H M) | |||
| Chance Encounter (1959) | |||
| Forbidden Planet (1959) | |||
| The Idol (1959) | |||
| The Key (1959) | |||
| The Man Who Could Not Stop (1959) | |||
| Precession (1959) (writing as George Whitley) | |||
| Wet Paint (1959) | |||
| The Word (1959) (writing as S H M) | |||
| Seeing Eye (1960) | |||
| All Laced Up (1961) (writing as George Whitley) | |||
| Change of Heart (1961) (writing as George Whitley) | |||
| Long Way (1964) (with Susan Chandler) | |||
| The Bird-Brained Navigator (1968) | |||
| Last Dreamer (1968) | |||
| The Rim Gods (1968) | |||
| The Tin Fishes (1968) | |||
| Hall of Fame (1969) | |||
| The Kingsolving's Planet Irregulars (1969) | |||
| The Soul Machine (1969) | |||
| The Rub (1970) | |||
| Sea Change (1970) | |||
| The Wandering Buoy (1970) | |||
| The Mountain Movers (1971) | |||
| The Pied Potter (1971) | |||
| The Sister Ships (1971) | |||
| What You Know (1971) | |||
| The Subtracter (1972) | |||
| The Tin Messiah (1972) | |||
| With Good Intentions (1972) | |||
| The Last Hunt (1973) | |||
| The Hairy Parents (1975) | |||
| The Sleeping Beauty (1978) | |||
| Journey's End (1979) | |||
| Grimes and the Great Race (1980) | |||
| The New Dimension (1981) | |||
| Hindsight (1989) | |||
| Man Alone (1989) | |||
| The Man Who Sailed the Sky |
Books about A Bertram Chandler
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