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S M Stirling

Canada (b.1953)

S M Stirling a writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin and American by naturalization, living in New Mexico at present. My hobbies are mostly related to the craft -- He loves history, anthropology and archaeology, and is interested in the sciences. The martial arts are his main physical hobby.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

New Books

December 2022

Blood of the Serpent
(Conan )

Series

Draka
   1. Marching Through Georgia (1988)
   2. Under the Yoke (1989)
   3. The Stone Dogs (1990)
   4. Drakon (1996)
   Drakas! (2000)

General (Raj Whitehall)
   1. The Forge (1991) (with David Drake)
   2. The Hammer (1992) (with David Drake)
   3. The Anvil (1993) (with David Drake)
   4. The Steel (1993) (with David Drake)
   5. The Sword (1995) (with David Drake)
   6. The Chosen (1996) (with David Drake)
   7. The Reformer (1999) (with David Drake)

Falkenberg's Legion (with Jerry Pournelle)
3. Go Tell the Spartans (1991)
4. Prince of Sparta (1993)

Brainship (with Anne McCaffrey)
4. The City Who Fought (1993)
7. The Ship Avenged (1997)

Flight Engineer (with James Doohan)
   1. The Rising (1996)
   2. The Privateer (1999)
   3. The Independent Command (2000)

Island in the Sea of Time
   1. Island in the Sea of Time (1998)
   2. Against the Tide of Years (1999)
   3. On the Oceans of Eternity (2000)

Legends of the Riftwar (with Raymond E Feist)
3. Jimmy the Hand (2003)

Change
   1. Dies the Fire (2004)
   2. The Protector's War (2005)
   3. A Meeting at Corvallis (2006)
   4. The Sunrise Lands (2007)
   5. The Scourge of God (2008)
   6. The Sword of the Lady (2009)
   7. The High King of Montival (2010)
   8. The Tears of the Sun (2011)
   9. The Lord of Mountains (2012)
   10. The Given Sacrifice (2013)
   11. The Golden Princess (2014)
   12. The Desert and the Blade (2015)
   13. Prince of Outcasts (2016)
   14. The Sea Peoples (2017)
   15. The Sky-blue Wolves (2018)
   The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth (2015)

Lords of Creation
1. The Sky People (2006)
2. In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (2008)

Shadowspawn
   1. A Taint in the Blood (2010)
   2. The Council of Shadows (2011)
   3. Shadows of Falling Night (2013)

Alternate World War
   1. Black Chamber (2018)
   2. Theater of Spies (2019)
   3. Shadows of Annihilation (2020)

Treasures of Tartary
1. Daggers in Darkness (2021)

Conan
Blood of the Serpent (2022)

Novels

   The Rose Sea (1994) (with Holly Lisle)
   The Peshawar Lancers (2002)
   Conquistador (2003)

Collections

Ice, Iron and Gold (2007)
Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories (2011) (with L Sprague de Camp, David Drake and Frederik Pohl)

Series contributed to

Fifth Millennium
   1. Snowbrother (1985)
   2. The Sharpest Edge (1986) (with Shirley Meier)
   3. The Cage (1989) (with Shirley Meier)
   4. Shadow's Son (1991) (with Shirley Meier and Karen Wehrstein)
   8. Saber and Shadow (1992) (with Shirley Meier)

Man-Kzin
The Children's Hour (1991) (with Jerry Pournelle)
The Houses of the Kzinti (omnibus) (2002) (with Dean Ing and Jerry Pournelle)

War World (with Susan Shwartz, Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove)
6. Blood Feuds (1992)
7. Blood Vengeance (1994)

Babylon 5
6. Betrayals (1996)

T2
   1. Infiltrator (2001)
   2. Rising Storm (2002)
   3. The Future War (2003)

Clan of the Claw
1. Exiled (2011) (with Jody Lynn Nye, John Ringo and Harry Turtledove)
2. By Tooth and Claw (2015) (with Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey and Jody Lynn Nye)

Anthologies edited

Fantastic World War 2 (1990) (with Frank D McSherry)
Power (1991)

Anthologies containing stories by S M Stirling

New Destinies, Vol. VIII (1989)
First to Fight (1999)
Flights of Fantasy (1999)

Short stories

	Roachstompers (1989)
	Flyboy (1999)
	Taking Freedom (1999)

Awards

Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (1991) : Under the Yoke

S M Stirling recommends

The Annunciate (1999)
Severna Park
"A spellbinding brew of love, fear, nanotechnology, virtual reality, sex, drugs and a profound meditation on the nature and possibilities of human interaction."

Carthage Ascendant (2000)
(Book of Ash, book 2)
Mary Gentle
"One of the best fantasies I've read in 15 years, bar none."

Night of the Long Knives (2002)
(Zancharthus, book 3)
Mark E Rogers
"The Zancharthus books are a weird, wild, high-energy high-fantasy ride, literally to hell and gone. I enjoyed them thoroughly, even as my jaw dropped. In a field full of timid conformism Mark Rogers isn't afraid."

The Center Cannot Hold (2002)
(American Empire, book 2)
Harry Turtledove
"Exciting action, well-drawn characters who draw you into their lives and joys and sorrows, a tightly logical and engrossing plot, and an encyclopedic knowledge of history that enriches the narrative without slowing it - what's not to like? Buy the book!"

Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart (2002)
(Firekeeper Saga, book 2)
Jane Lindskold
"Through Wolf's Eyes combines the mythic resonances of a feral child raised by wolves with a fascinating fantasy of a freshness and originality that makes all the legion of mock-medieval clones look pale and faded. Her characters live-they're real, but they are different. And the world they live in lingers in the mind; heroic, squalid, and exotic everyday I was convinced that it went on by itself when I turned the last page. Bravo!"

The Shadow of the Storm (2003)
(Fallen Cloud, book 3)
Kurt R A Giambastiani
"A fresh and interesting treatment of Native American Legend."

Goddess of the Ice Realm (2003)
(Lord of the Isles, book 5)
David Drake
"Goddess of the Ice Realm is a solid addition to an outstanding fantasy series, showing once again that Drake is among the most versatile of authors in the SF/Fantasy genres."

Mutineer (2004)
(Kris Longknife, book 1)
Mike Shepherd
"Solid writing, exciting action and likeable characters."

A Shadow in Summer (2006)
(Long Price Quartet, book 1)
Daniel Abraham
"In a world of bloated fantasy clones, Abraham's voice is fresh and startlingly new; not only is his worldbuilding original, but the characters who inhabit the universe he's created are both strange and fully human."

Final Impact (2006)
(Axis of Time, book 3)
John Birmingham
"The action is nonstop, the characters very real - and very different from each other - and, to coin a phrase, it makes you think."

Maelstrom (2009)
(Destroyermen, book 3)
Taylor Anderson
"Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck."

Directive 51 (2010)
(Daybreak , book 1)
John Barnes
"Barnes has written the thinking person's techno-thriller. The large cast is handled adroitly, the tension level is high, the big ideas make you think, and I was kept up all night!"

The Thousand Names (2013)
(Shadow Campaigns, book 1)
Django Wexler
"A fascinating world of dust and bayonets and muskets...and magic."

Child of a Hidden Sea (2014)
(Hidden Sea Tales, book 1)
A M Dellamonica
"Something refreshing in the way of fantasy. I look forward eagerly to the next in the series!"

Chasing Sunrise (2019)
(Sunrise Prophecy, book 1)
Emily Mah
"The characters are very human-even when they're not...Highly recommended!."

The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
Robert J Sawyer
"A truly science-fictional work of alternate history."

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