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Keith Laumer


(John Keith Laumer)
USA flag (1925 - 1993)

Keith Laumer was an extremely successful man, an author who kept fit, always. It was therefore more difficult for him when he suffered a massive stroke in 1971 that paralyzed one side of his body and part of his brain and therefore his mind. He was unable to exercise as before and gained weight, resembling the Red Bull in one of his stories. The photo above hardly resembles Keith before his stroke. He was embarrassed by his weight gain but was able to get along well enough. Keith tried to whip, to control, to overcome the stroke. He spent an enormous amount of time in physical therapy and other exercises in a futile effort to gain full use of his body. He could walk and get around, with a limp but he was never to gain full access of his body. Like a character in one of his stories, his crippled body would not comply, would not work correctly. This drove Keith Laumer to anger and the anger turned easily to uncontrolled rage, apathy, and total disappointment. He was a master of his mind but he could no longer write. He tried, over and again but the paralysis took control of his mind and the rage drove everyone away.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
 
Series
Imperium
   1. Worlds of the Imperium (1962)
   2. The Other Side of Time (1965)
   3. Assignment in Nowhere (1968)
   4. Zone Yellow (1990)
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Retief
   Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain (1962)
   1. Envoy to New Worlds (1963)
   2. Galactic Diplomat (1965)
   3. Retief's War (1965)
   The Frozen Planet (1966)
   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 (1983)
   13. The Return of Retief (1984)
   14. Retief in the Ruins (1986)
   15. Reward for Retief (1989)
   Retief and the Rascals (1993)
   Retief! (2001)
   Gambler's World (2009)
   The Yillian Way (2009)
   The Governor of Glave (2020)
   Aide Memoire (2020)
   Saline Solution (2020)
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Lafayette O'Leary
   1. The Time Bender (1966)
   2. The World Shuffler (1970)
   3. The Shape Changer (1973)
   4. The Galaxy Builder (1984)
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Time Trap
   1. Time Trap (1970)
   2. Back to the Time Trap (1992)
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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)
   Fat Chance (1971)
     aka Deadfall
   The Star Treasure (1971)
   Dinosaur Beach (1971)
   Night of Decisions (1972)
   The Infinite Cage (1972)
   Night Of Delusions (1972)
   The Glory Game (1973)
   The Ultimax Man (1978)
   The Breaking Earth (1981)
   Star Colony (1981)
   End as a Hero (1985)
   Judson's Eden (1991)
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Collections
   Nine by Laumer (1967)
   Planet Run (1967) (with Gordon R Dickson)
   Greylorn (1968)
     aka The Other Sky
   It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy (1968)
   The Day Before Forever and Thunderhead (1969)
   Once There Was a Giant (1971)
   The Big Show (1972)
   Timetracks (1972)
   The Undefeated (1974)
   The Best of Keith Laumer (1976)
   Knight of Delusions (1982)
   Chrestomathy (1984)
   Alien Minds (1991)
   Odyssey (2002) (with Eric Flint)
   The Lighter Side (2002)
   A Plague of Demons and Other Stories (2003)
   Future Imperfect (2003)
   Legions of Space (2004)
   The Long Twilight: and Other Stories (2007)
   Earthblood: And Other Stories (2008) (with Rosel George Brown)
   Gambler's World and Other Works (2010)
   Beyond the Moons of Neptune (2010)
   The Keith Laumer SciFi Collection (2011)
   The Keith Laumer MEGAPACK (2020)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Cocoon (1962)
   Doorstep (1967)
   The Walls (1967)
   It Could Be Anything (2009)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Invaders
   1. The Invaders (1967)
   2. Enemies From Beyond (1967)
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Avengers
   5. The Afrit Affair (1968)
   6. The Drowned Queen (1968)
   7. The Gold Bomb (1968)
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Bolo
   1. Bolo (1976)
   2. Rogue Bolo (1986)
   3. The Stars Must Wait (1990)
   4. Honor of the Regiment (1993) (with Bill Fawcett)
   5. The Unconquerable (1994) (with Bill Fawcett)
   6. The Triumphant (1995)
   7. Last Stand (1997) (with Bill Fawcett)
   8. Old Guard (2000) (with Bill Fawcett)
   10. Bolo Brigade (1997) (with William H Keith Jr)
   11. Bolo Rising (1998) (with William H Keith Jr)
   12. Bolo Strike (2001) (with William H Keith Jr)
   14. Bolo! (2005) (with David Weber)
   The Compleat Bolo (1992)
   Bolos: Their Finest Hour (2010)
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Anthologies containing stories by Keith Laumer
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Black Cat Weekly #121 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 121)
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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


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