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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.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
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)
   The Far Traveler (1979)
   8. Matilda's Stepchildren (1979)
   9. Star Loot (1980)
   10. The Anarch Lords (1981)
   11. The Wild Ones (1985)
   12. The Last Amazon (1984)
   Tramp Captain (1990)
   Lieutenant of the Survey Service (2000)
   Survey Captain (2002)
   Rim Runner (2004)
   Reserve Commodore (2004)
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Grimes in the Rim World
   1. Into the Alternate Universe (1964)
   2. Contraband from Otherspace (1967)
   The Rim Gods (1968)
   3. The Dark Dimensions (1971)
   4. The Gateway to Never (1972)
   5. The Way Back (1976)
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Empress
   1. Empress of Outer Space (1965)
   2. Space Mercenaries (1965)
   3. Nebula Alert (1967)
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Grimes in Federation Service
   1. The Road to the Rim (1967)
   2. Spartan Planet (1968)
     aka False Fatherland
   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)
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John Grimes Saga
   1. To the Galactic Rim (2011)
   2. First Command (2011)
   3. Galactic Courier (2011)
   4. Ride the Star Winds (2012)
   5. Upon a Sea of Stars (2014)
   Alternate Orbits (2015)
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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)
   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 others)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies containing stories by A Bertram Chandler
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Worst Contact (2015)
edited by
Hank Davis

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