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Keith Laumer (1925–1993)

Autore di A Plague of Demons

261+ opere 15,803 membri 213 recensioni 16 preferito

Sull'Autore

Keith Laumer was born John Keith Laumer in Syracuse, New York on June 9, 1925. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. diplomat. He is best known for the Bolo stories and Retief series. His other works include The Other Side of Time, A Trace of Memory, mostra altro Dinosaur Beach, and A Plague of Demons. He suffered a stroke in 1971, which negatively affected the quality of his work and his career declined. He was also a model airplane enthusiast, and published two dozen designs between 1956 and 1962 in the magazines Air Trails, Model Airplane News, Flying Models, and Aero Modeler. In 1960, he published How to Design and Build Flying Models. He died on January 23, 1993 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: www.keithlaumer.com/

Serie

Opere di Keith Laumer

A Plague of Demons (1965) 407 copie
Retief's War (1965) 380 copie
Retief and the Warlords (1968) 326 copie
Retief of the CDT (1985) 305 copie
Honor of the Regiment (1993) 298 copie
The Time Bender (1966) 298 copie
Worlds of the Imperium (1962) 295 copie
Retief at Large (1978) 295 copie
Earthblood (1955) — Autore — 294 copie
The World Shuffler (1970) — Autore — 291 copie
Envoy to new worlds (1963) 281 copie
The Great Time Machine Hoax (1963) 280 copie
Dinosaur Beach (1971) — Autore — 273 copie
Star Colony (1981) 268 copie
The Compleat Bolo (1990) — Autore — 251 copie
Retief : Diplomat at Arms (1982) 249 copie
The Return of Retief (1984) 239 copie
Galactic Odyssey (1967) 233 copie
Oltre l'orbita di Giove (1971) 223 copie
The Unconquerable (1994) 223 copie
Rogue Bolo (1986) 217 copie
Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude (1986) — Autore — 216 copie
Retief in the Ruins (1986) 215 copie
Retief Unbound (1979) 208 copie
The Ultimax Man (1978) — Autore — 205 copie
Old Guard (2001) 201 copie
The Glory Game (1973) 194 copie
The Shape Changer (1972) 192 copie
Knight of Delusions (1972) 191 copie
Five Fates (1970) 190 copie
The Long Twilight (1969) 188 copie
The Infinite Cage (1972) 174 copie
The Triumphant (1995) 172 copie
The Galaxy Builder (1984) 169 copie
Last Stand (1997) 165 copie
The Monitors (1966) 162 copie
Time Trap (1970) 160 copie
Odyssey (2002) 151 copie
End as a Hero (1985) 138 copie
Legions of Space (2004) 135 copie
The Other Side of Time (1965) 134 copie
Beyond the Imperium (1981) 130 copie
Nine By Laumer (1960) 118 copie
Imperium (2005) 118 copie
Future Imperfect (2003) 113 copie
Planet Run [Expanded Edition] (1982) — Autore — 112 copie
Retief and the Rascals (1993) 109 copie
The Best of Keith Laumer (1976) — Autore — 107 copie
Zone Yellow (1990) — Autore — 104 copie
The House in November (1970) 102 copie
Judson's Eden (1991) 101 copie
The Invaders (1967) 101 copie
Retief's Ransom (1971) 100 copie
Galactic Diplomat (1965) 99 copie
Catastrophe Planet (1966) 98 copie
Assignment in Nowhere (1968) 96 copie
The Breaking Earth (1981) 93 copie
Greylorn (1968) 92 copie
Once There Was a Giant (1600) 91 copie
Planet Run (1967) 91 copie
Alien Minds (1991) 79 copie
Back to the Time Trap (1992) 75 copie
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy (1965) — Autore — 72 copie
Dangerous Vegetables (1998) 68 copie
THe undefeated (1974) — Autore — 62 copie
The Universe Twister (2008) 60 copie
Chrestomathy (1984) 59 copie
The Frozen Planet and Four Other Science-Fiction Novellas (1966) — Collaboratore — 58 copie
The Big Show (1972) 51 copie
Envoy to New Worlds / Flight From Yesterday (1963) — Autore — 50 copie
The Drowned Queen (1968) 45 copie
Earthblood & Other Stories (2008) — Autore — 39 copie
The Afrit Affair (1968) 37 copie
Fat Chance (1974) 32 copie
The Gold Bomb (1968) 30 copie
Gambler's World (2009) 21 copie
The Yillian Way (2009) 18 copie
Ruimte-Odyssee (1975) 17 copie
Embassy (1965) 14 copie
In strijd met de chaos (1988) 13 copie
Het laatste bevel (1977) 13 copie
Dinochroom (1973) 11 copie
SF 130 GTX de Luxe (1978) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
It Could Be Anything (2009) 9 copie
Bolo Night Of the Trolls (1963) 9 copie
Bolo: Rogue Bolo (2020) 8 copie
The King Of The City (2016) 8 copie
Doorstep (1961) 8 copie
Cultural Exchange (2016) 7 copie
Prototaph 7 copie
Star-Sent Knaves (1963) 7 copie
Aide Memoire (2020) 6 copie
Saline Solution (2020) 6 copie
The Frozen Planet (2016) 5 copie
A Bad Day For Vermin (2019) 5 copie
De andere hemel (1988) 5 copie
Hybrid 4 copie
Of Death What Dreams (1970) 4 copie
The Brass God 4 copie
Courier (1961) 4 copie
Thunderhead (1967) 3 copie
The Negotiators (1975) 3 copie
The Garbage Invasion (1991) 3 copie
Giant Killer 3 copie
Combat Unit (1960) 3 copie
Sealed Orders 3 copie
Policy 3 copie
Worldmaster 3 copie
Protocol 3 copie
The Desert and the Stars (2020) 3 copie
El gran espectáculo (1972) 3 copie
El largo crepúsculo (1969) 2 copie
Dam Nuisance 2 copie
A Hoax in Time (2014) 2 copie
Un resto de memoria (1977) 2 copie
Protest Note 2 copie
Cocoon (2020) 2 copie
The Walls (2020) 2 copie
Founder's Day 2 copie
Goobereality 2 copie
Ultimatum 2 copie
Greylorn [short story] (1959) 2 copie
Street Scene (1968) 2 copie
Exterminator 1 copia
Choice 1 copia
Body Builders 1 copia
Science Fiction Special 37 (1981) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Colony 1 copia
The Invader 1 copia
Field Test [short story] (1976) 1 copia
The Plague 1 copia
The Half Man 1 copia
The Choice 1 copia
Retief Policy 1 copia

Opere correlate

Dangerous Visions — Collaboratore — 1,930 copie
Alchemy and Academe (1970) — Collaboratore — 578 copie
Partners in Wonder (1971) — Collaboratore — 467 copie
Bolo! (2005) — Created by, alcune edizioni444 copie
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978) — Collaboratore — 410 copie
Old Soldiers (2005) — Created by, alcune edizioni359 copie
The World Turned Upside Down (2005) — Collaboratore — 223 copie
A Century of Science Fiction (1962) — Collaboratore — 196 copie
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Collaboratore — 187 copie
Nebula Award Stories Six (1971) — Collaboratore — 137 copie
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (1999) — Collaboratore — 136 copie
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction (1982) — Autore — 129 copie
I Cavalieri cosmici (1954) — Collaboratore — 123 copie
The Year 2000 (1970) — Collaboratore — 114 copie
Combat SF (1951) — Autore — 111 copie
Dogs of War: Ten Classic Stories of Men and Machines in War (2002) — Collaboratore — 110 copie
Time Wars (1986) — Collaboratore — 102 copie
The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction (1957) — Collaboratore — 85 copie
Orbit 7 (1970) — Collaboratore — 84 copie
The Best of the Bolos : Their Finest Hour (2010) — Collaboratore — 81 copie
Citizens (2011) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
Orion's Sword (1980) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 70 copie
Best SF: 1967 (1968) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
Storie di giovani alieni (1984) — Collaboratore — 65 copie
The Many Worlds of Science Fiction (1971) — Collaboratore — 65 copie
The IF Reader of Science Fiction (1966) — Autore, alcune edizioni60 copie
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Collaboratore — 59 copie
A Pocketful Of Stars (1971) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Turning Points: Essays on the Art of Science Fiction (1977) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
Analog 7 (1966) — Collaboratore — 36 copie
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... (1974) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
The Best from Amazing Stories (1973) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction (1989) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
The Best from Fantastic (1973) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction (1973) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Alfa Vier: SF-Verhalen (1976) 12 copie
SF Inventing the Future (1972) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
International Relations Through Science Fiction (1978) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 01, April 1963 (1963) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazin I. (1978) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Fantastic. No. 131 (January 1966) (1966) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Alfa vijf : sf-verhalen (1976) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 02, June 1963 (1963) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 22, February 1967 (1967) — Autore — 8 copie
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni7 copie
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 24, Summer 1970 (1970) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
American Government through Science Fiction (1974) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Thrilling Science Fiction, April 1974 (1974) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Thrilling Science Fiction, October 1974 (1974) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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"Surrogates"-esque sci-fi short story in Name that Book (Febbraio 2012)

Recensioni

Two mildly engaging stories, one about the politics of time travel and the other about AI gone wild. The rest are so-so to mediocre especially the title story---an adolescent fantasy on a James Bond theme. OK if you like your pulp sci-fi corny and glaringly outdated.
 
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NurseBob | 1 altra recensione | Apr 6, 2024 |
I had never heard of Bolo before, but have read some Keith Laumer years ago.

A book of short stories from the 60s full of 2 dimensional characters, but very easy reading and a lot of fun.
 
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stubooks | 3 altre recensioni | Apr 4, 2024 |
This was the first book by Keith Laumer that I read during my teenage fascination with science fiction. After reading several of Laumer's other novels, he quickly became one of my favorite writers in that genre.
 
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jwhenderson | 4 altre recensioni | Mar 27, 2024 |
Like Biron Bayard, the hero of Worlds of the Imperium, author Keith Laumer was an ex-soldier and diplomat. He lived quietly, writing stories and designing model airplanes on an island in a Florida lake. Biron was not so lucky. While walking in Stockholm, he is kidnapped by agents from an alternate universe who want him to impersonate a local dictator. Biron is just the kind of suave swashbuckler we would d expect from the man who created Retief of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne.
Laumer wrote two sequels in the 1960s and one more in 1990. They are on my list of books to read.
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Tom-e | 3 altre recensioni | Mar 22, 2024 |

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Statistiche

Opere
261
Opere correlate
64
Utenti
15,803
Popolarità
#1,439
Voto
½ 3.5
Recensioni
213
ISBN
419
Lingue
7
Preferito da
16

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