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Keith Laumer

(John Keith Laumer)

(1925 - 1993)

About Keith Laumer

John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full time writer, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. diplomat. His brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Keith's The Other Side of Time).

Series

Imperium
1. Worlds of the Imperium (1962)
2. The Other Side of Time (1965)
3. Assignment in Nowhere (1968)
4. Zone Yellow (1990)
Imperium (omnibus) (2005)

Retief
1. Envoy to New Worlds (1963)
2. Galactic Diplomat (1965)
3. Retief's War (1965)
4. Retief and the Warlords (1968)
5. Retief: Ambassador to Space (1969)
6. Retief of the CDT (1971)
7. Retief's Ransom (1971)
aka Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude
8. Retief: Emissary to the Stars (1975)
9. Retief at Large (1978)
10. Retief Unbound (1979)
11. Diplomat at Arms (1982)
12. Retief to the Rescue (1982)
13. The Return of Retief (1983)
14. Retief in the Ruins (1986)
15. Reward for Retief (1989)
Retief! (2001)

Lafayette O'Leary
1. The Time Bender (1966)
2. The World Shuffler (1970)
3. The Shape Changer (1972)
4. The Galaxy Builder (1984)
The Universe Twister (omnibus) (2008)

Time Trap
1. Time Trap (1970)
2. Back to the Time Trap (1992)

Bolo
Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade (1976)
Rogue Bolo (1986)
The Compleat Bolo (1990)
Bolo Brigade (1997) (with William H Keith)
Bolo Rising (1998) (with William H Keith)
Bolo Strike (2001) (with William H Keith)
Bolo! (2005) (with David Weber)

Great Imperium
Beyond the Imperium (omnibus) (1986)

Novels

A Trace of Memory (1963)
The Great Time Machine Hoax (1964)
A Plague of Demons (1965)
Catastrophe Planet (1966)
Earthblood (1966) (with Rosel George Brown)
The Monitors (1966)
Galactic Odyssey (1967)
aka Spaceman!
The Day Before Forever (1969)
The Long Twilight (1969)
The Seeds of Gonyl (1969)
The House in November (1970)
Dinosaur Beach (1971)
Fat Chance (1971)
aka Deadfall
The Star Treasure (1971)
The Infinite Cage (1972)
Night of Decisions (1972)
The Glory Game (1973)
The Ultimax Man (1978)
The Breaking Earth (1981)
Star Colony (1981)
End as a Hero (1985)
The Stars Must Wait (1990)
Judson's Eden (1991)

Omnibus

Envoy to New Worlds / Flight from Yesterday (1963) (with Robert Moore Williams)
The Other Sky / The House in November (1985)

Collections

Series contributed to

Invaders
1. The Invaders (1967)
2. Enemies From Beyond (1967)

Avengers
5. The Afrit Affair (1968)
6. The Drowned Queen (1968)
7. The Gold Bomb (1968)

Combat Command (with Troy Denning)
3. The Omega Rebellion: In the world of Keith Laumer's Star Colony (1987)

Anthology series

Bolos (with Bill Fawcett)
1. Honor of the Regiment (1993)
2. The Unconquerable (1994)
3. The Triumphant (1995)
4. Last Stand (1997)
5. Old Guard (2000)
6. Cold Steel (2002)

Anthologies edited

Five Fates (1970)
Dangerous Vegetables (1998) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)

Non fiction

How to Design and Build Flying Models (1960)

Anthologies containing stories by Keith Laumer

Short stories

	Combat Unit (1960)
	The Body Builders (1966)
	Prototaph (1966)
	The Last Command (1967)
	Spaceman! (concluding part) (1967)
	Test to Destruction (1967)
	The Day Beyond Forever (1968)		Nebula (nominee)
	Once There Was a Giant (1968)		Nebula (nominee)
	Street Scene (1968) (with Harlan Ellison)
	The Timesweepers (1969)
	In the Queue (1970)		Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee)
	The Wonderful Secret (1977)		Hugo (nominee)
	Cocoon
	Dinochrome
	Doorstep
	End as a Hero
	Hybrid
	The Long-Remembered Thunder
	Placement Test
	A Trip to the City
	The Walls

Awards

	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1966) : A Plague of Demons
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1969) : Once There Was a Giant
	Nebula Best Novella nominee (1969) : The Day Beyond Forever
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1971) : In the Queue
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1971) : In the Queue
	Hugo Best Novella nominee (1978) : The Wonderful Secret

Books about Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer: Ambassador to Space, A Working Bibliography (1990) by Gordon Benson and Phil Stephensen-Payne

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