A Bertram Chandler
Australia (1912 - 1984)
Father-in-law of Ramsey Campbell
aka S H M, George Whitley
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.
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. The 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 Far Traveler (1979)
The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet (omnibus) (1981)
Tramp Captain (1990)
Lieutenant of the Survey Service (2000)
Survey Captain (2002)
Rim Runner (2004)
Reserve Commodore (2004)
Rim Commander (omnibus) (2005)
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. The 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 Far Traveler (1979)
The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet (omnibus) (1981)
Tramp Captain (1990)
Lieutenant of the Survey Service (2000)
Survey Captain (2002)
Rim Runner (2004)
Reserve Commodore (2004)
Rim Commander (omnibus) (2005)
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)
To the Galactic Rim (omnibus) (2011)
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)
To the Galactic Rim (omnibus) (2011)
John Grimes Saga
3. Galactic Courier (omnibus) (2011)
4. Ride the Star Winds (omnibus) (2012)
5. Upon a Sea of Stars (omnibus) (2014)
3. Galactic Courier (omnibus) (2011)
4. Ride the Star Winds (omnibus) (2012)
5. Upon a Sea of Stars (omnibus) (2014)
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)
Frontier of the Dark (1984)
Kelly Country (1984)
Tales from the Planet Earth (1986) (with Lino Aldani, Brian Aldiss, Karl-Michael Armer, Jon Bing, Andre Carneiro, Ljuben Dilov, Tong Enzheng, Carlos Maria Federici, Harry Harrison, Elizabeth Anne Hull, 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)
Frontier of the Dark (1984)
Kelly Country (1984)
Tales from the Planet Earth (1986) (with Lino Aldani, Brian Aldiss, Karl-Michael Armer, Jon Bing, Andre Carneiro, Ljuben Dilov, Tong Enzheng, Carlos Maria Federici, Harry Harrison, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sam J Lundwall, Joseph Nesvadba, Frederik Pohl, Spider Robinson, Tetsu Yano, Ye Yonglie and Janusz A Zajdel)
Omnibus
The Road to the Rim / The Hard Way Up (1972)
Into the Alternate Universe / Contraband from Otherspace (1979)
The Rim of Space / The Ship From Outside (1980)
First Command (2011)
Into the Alternate Universe / Contraband from Otherspace (1979)
The Rim of Space / The Ship From Outside (1980)
First Command (2011)
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 (1990)
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 (1990)
Novellas
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 (1982)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
The Great SF Stories 19 (1989)
Aliens and UFO's (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 (1982)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
The Great SF Stories 19 (1989)
Aliens and UFO's (1993)
Tomorrow Bites (1995)
Space Stories (1996)
Centaurus (1999)
Short stories
| The Man Who Sailed the Sky | |||
| Giant Killer (1945) | |||
| Castaway (1947) (as by George Whitley) | |||
| Haunt (1950) | |||
| Finishing Touch (1952) | |||
| Frontier of the Dark [short story] (1952) | |||
| Jetsam (1953) | |||
| Shadow Before (1954) | |||
| As It Was in the Beginning (1955) (as by 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) (as by S H M) | |||
| Chance Encounter (1959) | |||
| Forbidden Planet (1959) | |||
| The Idol (1959) | |||
| The Key (1959) | |||
| The Man Who Could Not Stop (1959) | |||
| Precession (1959) (as by George Whitley) | |||
| Wet Paint (1959) | |||
| The Word (1959) (as by S H M) | |||
| Seeing Eye (1960) | |||
| All Laced Up (1961) (as by George Whitley) | |||
| Change of Heart (1961) (as by George Whitley) | |||
| Long Way (1964) (with Susan Chandler) | |||
| The Bird-Brained Navigator (1968) | |||
| Last Dreamer (1968) | |||
| The Rim Gods [short story] (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 [short story] (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) |
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