David Gerrold

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  • Bibliography:
    54 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1972
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Starsiders

1 - Jumping Off the Planet (Mar-2000)
2 - Bouncing Off the Moon (Apr-2001)
3 - Leaping to the Stars (Mar-2002)

War Against the Chtorr

1 - A Matter for Men (Jul-1984)
2 - A Day for Damnation (Feb-1985)
3 - A Rage for Revenge (Apr-1989)
4 - A Season for Slaughter (Jan-1993)

Multi-Author Series List

Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Star Trek

The Galactic Whirlpool (Oct-1980)
Encounter at Farpoint (Oct-1987)
The World of Star Trek (Sep-2016)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Encounter at Farpoint (Oct-1987)

Book List in Order: 54 titles

  • With a finger in my I

    • / Science Fiction
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    Story collection. Contents:All of Them Were Empty-; Oracle For a White Rabbit; Love Story in Three Acts; Yarst!; Battle Hum and the Boje; With a Finger in My I; How We Saved the Human Race; The Crystal Castle; In the Deadlands (nominated, 1973 Nebula...

  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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    Planet of the Apes

    THE CITY OF THE APES It was a quiet, peaceful city. It was a city ruled by apes and served by men. It was a city unaware of an angry band of vicious gorillas anxious to revolt and an insane cadre of mutated humans hungry to kill. It was a ci...

  • The Man Who Folded Himself

    This classic work of science fiction is widely considered to be the ultimate time-travel novel. When Daniel Eakins inherits a time machine, he soon realizes that he has enormous power to shape the course of history. He can foil terrorists, prevent as...

  • Trouble With Tribbles

    David Gerrold, the creator of "Tribbles," recalls how this popular episode of Star Trek was made, from conceptualizing the first draft to the final script, shooting on set, and explaining the techniques and disciplines of TV writing. Plus, receive 32...

  • Moonstar Odyssey

    SHE WAS BORN IN THE MOONSTAR'S SHADOW when the storms of Satlik raged their worst. Because of this Jobe was different. The family never spoke of it but everyone knew Jobe was special. So Jobe came to know of it too. She had a destiny beyond that of ...

  • Yesterday's Children

  • The Galactic Whirlpool

    Star Trek

    FROM THE LOG OF CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER LEONARD McCOY The young woman brought back aboard the Enterprise by Lieutenant Reilly's contact team is responding well to treatment: physically, there's no question she's going to be fine. I'm more worried ab...

  • Space Skimmer

    Mass comes from a harsh world named Streinveldt, where the gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth and only genetically engineered people can reside. Mass is humanoid, genetically evolved to cope with greater pressures, stronger gravity, and heavier densi...

  • A Matter for Men

    War Against the Chtorr - 1

    THE WAR AGAINST THE CHTORR With the human population ravaged by a series of devastating plagues, the alien Chtorr arrive on earth to begin the final phase of their invasion. Even as many on earth deny their existence, the giant wormlike carnivores...



  • A Day for Damnation

    War Against the Chtorr - 2

    Ravaged by plagues fatal to two-thirds of the population, Earth now faces the final violation... invasion of the giant, carnivorous Chtorr. James Edward McCarthy was comandeered from hip college biology studies and sent off to fight alongside all ...

  • Chess With a Dragon

    From the Hugo and Nebula Award"winning author of The Martian Child: “This playful, intricate game of survival . . . is one of Gerrold’s best books.” -- Publishers Weekly   The human race has been played for a fool. T...

  • Encounter at Farpoint

    Star Trek
    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    SPACE...THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE ARE THE ALL-NEW VOYAGES OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE! Gene Roddenberry, the man who created the original STAR TREK television series, now brings the magic of STAR TREK to a brand-new, even more exciting future--a futu...

  • When Harlie Was One: Release 2.0

    H.A.R.L.I.E. (Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine) is an artificially intelligent machine. David Auberson, the psychologist responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood, struggles to understand his erratic behavior....

  • A Rage for Revenge

    War Against the Chtorr - 3

    THE WAR AGAINST THE CHTORR Still reeling from the alien plagues that killed two-thirds of the planet's population, humanity now confronts the most deadly enemy Earth has ever known...the giant man-eating Chtorr. Lieutenant James McCarthy has grow...

  • Voyage of the Star Wolf

    The Silk Road Convoy was the oldest, richest, and safest caravan in the starlanes--a perfect target for the devastating opening blow in the alien Morthan Solidarity's war against the Alliance. The LS-1187 was a destroyer-class starship, untested in b...

  • A Season for Slaughter

    War Against the Chtorr - 4

    Here at last is the eagerly awaited fourth book in David Gerrold's classic and gripping series of alien domination--the story of humanity's courageous struggle for survival against the greatest threat Earth has ever known. As the tenacious invader...

  • Under the Eye of God

    RULE OF BLOOD Once they had been humanity's last best hope: a race of genetically engineered killing machines known as the Phaestor and their army of deadly Moktar Dragons. Now, the enemy long vanquished, the Phaestor themselves have become the enem...

  • A Covenant of Justice

    REBEL BLOOD The Phaestor have established a reign of blood and terror. Now the genetically engineered predators have set in motion their final plan for the complete enslavement of the galaxy. But they will not go unopposed. For on numerous worlds,...

  • The Middle of Nowhere

    On a starship doomed to scrap, all they asked was a chance to go down fighting. . . . A SHIP WITH NO NAME They should have returned heroes. Instead they were treated as pariahs. Stripped of a hard-won victory, cheated out of a well-deserved bount...



  • Starhunt

    Their last hope was an obsolete starship and an obsessed first officer who might be insane. THE LAST WARRIOR The starship Roger Burlingame is a dinosaur. Outmoded and outclassed, it drifts through space on the brink of collapse. Yet as its demo...

  • Jumping Off the Planet

    Starsiders - 1

    A trip to the Moon? Sounds like the perfect family vacation. Only, for 13-year-old Charles "Chigger" Dingillian, life is anything but perfect. His parents fight so much, they put the "dis" into dysfunctional. His brothers, Stinky and Weird, are impo...

  • Bouncing Off the Moon

    Starsiders - 2

    Charles thought the Moon would be a new beginning. Now, he knows he'll be lucky just to stay alive. Having escaped both an Earth on the verge of global collapse and their squabbling parents in a "divorce" at Geosynchronous Station, a newly independe...

  • Leaping to the Stars

    Starsiders - 3

    No longer able to return to his home on Earth, Charles Dingillian and his two brothers must choose a new planet to call home. But which one? Charles has come into possession of a prototype HARLIE unit so revolutionary and state-of-the-art that corpo...

  • The Far Side of the Sky

  • The Martian Child

    Based on a true story, The Martian Child is a heartfelt novel about a single gay father adopting a son -- the basis for the major motion picture starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack. When David Gerrold decided he wanted to adopt a son, ...

  • Blood and Fire

    With an introduction by D.C. FontanaThe Morthans were physically and mentally superior. Descended from humans, they were now, literally, “more-than" human … and considered the human race to be little better than animals. They would stop at nothin...

  • Alternate Gerrolds

    Everyday themes as diverse as exploration, the fight against evil, laboratory experiments, and self-improvement are presented in this new anthology of short stories from David Gerrold. Largely consisting of stories featuring an alternative history, a...

  • Child of Earth

    Book one of the Sea of Grass trilogyWant to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think.When Kaer's extended family signs up to emigrate to Linnea, a planet known for horses as large as houses and dangerously mistrustful natives, Kaer i...

  • The Involuntary Human

    Welcome to David Gerrold's imagination. In this volume, some of Gerrold's finest writing is brought together in an eclectic mix of poeces that display his many voices in one unique package. From outer space to earthly concerns, from human sensibility...



  • Star Trek: The Manga, Volume 3

    The Star Trek adventures continue with contributions from David Gerrold, writer of "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode and Will Wheaton of Star Trek: Next Generation Fame. Read about a Red Shirt who doesn't die and more!...

  • Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid

    The Ghoulunatics " The Vault-Keeper, the Old Witch, and everyone's favorite, The Crypt-Keeper are back to offer their twisted takes on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," the "Twilight"series, and Guitar Hero! The cover-featured Stinky Dead Kid stars in two...

  • Wickeder

    Tales from the Crypt continues its popular style of parody in an all-new format! This time, the popular musical "Wicked" and the best-selling books associated with it can't hide from the Crypt-Keeper and his GhouLunatics. Combined with a new story...

  • Method for Madness

  • Digging in Gehenna/Riding Janis

    A Digital Fabulists double paperback by renowned science fiction author David Gerrold! Two electrifying stories in one book: "DIGGING IN GEHENNA" Daddy was arguing with Dr. Blom again, so Mom told me to stay away from the dig for awhile, at least unt...

  • Child of Grass

    In the first installment of David Gerrold’s Sea of Grass trilogy, "Child of Earth," Kaer’s family expected to assimilate into Linnean society undetected after becoming accustomed to the harsh climate and relatively primitive culture in the traini...

  • Deathbeast

    TIMEBEAM TO DANGER Six hunters and two official guides are going on the trip of their lifetime. Their destination? Earth as it was a hundred million years ago, long before human dominion, when the great hot-blooded dinosaurs ruled supreme. Eac...

  • Moonstar

    She was born in the moonstar’s shadow when the storms of Satlik raged their worst. Because of this, Jobe was different. The family never spoke of it, but everyone knew Jobe was special. So Jobe came to know of it, too. She had a destiny beyond that...

  • In the Deadlands

    David Gerrold burst onto the science fiction scene in the late sixties with more Hugo and Nebula nominations than any other writer had ever received at the beginning of his career. His first collection of stories, With a Finger in My I, showcased ...

  • Entanglements and Terrors

    Good stories take you places. Great stories bring you back, seeing the world differently. Here are David Gerrold's most recent excursions. Discover the many voices of David Gerrold, bizarre and ferocious, wonderful and unforgettable! -- Monsieur ...



  • Jacob

    Winner of the Lord Ruthven Award for Best Vampire Novel of the Year: The first horror novel from the author of Star Trek’s “The Trouble with Tribbles” script.   Includes the bonus short story “Jacob in Manhattan.”  ...

  • Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen O'Clock

    The legendary science fiction writer’s controversial, groundbreaking novel -- one gay man’s raw and wild ride through the 1960s and ’70s.   From an adolescent being bullied to the muddy wetlands of Vietnam to an Arizona desert commune, a m...

  • Little Horrors

    David Gerrold sits alone in a room and types. This is the only warning you're going to get.

    Here are seven little horrors, specifically designed to creep you out in all the strangest ways. From the mundane to the bizarre, this master storyt...

  • A Promise of Stars

    Here are seven marvelous tales (and one whimsical vignette) taking you out to the wondrous future of travel beyond the sky.

    Start in your own back yard and journey to the moon, to the asteroid belt, to the far planets, and even to the Oort...

  • The World of Star Trek

    Star Trek

    In The World of Star Trek, David Gerrold opens up dialogue on the people, places, and events that made Star Trek one of the most popular series ever. Gerrold discusses what was successful and what wasn't, offering personal interviews with the series'...

  • Hella

    A master of science fiction introduces a world where everything is large and the problems of survival even larger in this exciting new novel. Hella is a planet where everything is oversized -- especially the ambitions of the colonists. The tree...

  • Adrift in the Sea of Souls

    ADRIFT IN THE SEA OF SOULS — they call themselves travelers, hopping from body to body, from life to life, but in reality they are body-snatchers. Who are they and what do they want from the stranger who fell into their world? (First publicatio...

  • The Great Pan-American Airship Mystery

    This alluring dieselpunk alternate-history romp features a stellar cast of the famous and the no-so-famous persons of the 1930s, as they travel aboard the luxury airship Liberty on a coast-to-coast flight that includes soirées full of scintillating ...

  • Guacamole

    Good stories take you places. Great stories bring you back, seeing the world differently. Pride is a way of being that makes the world see you differently. Here are eleven remarkable stories about the guacamole experience.● Dancer In The Dark&#...

  • Home On Derange

    I suppose you're entitled to a warning.This is it.None of these stories are meant to be taken seriously.Sometimes I sit down at the keyboard and the sentences just start rolling out. I rarely know what's going to happen next. I sit, appalled, watchin...



  • G is for Gerrold

    On the occasion of his winning the the 2022 Robert A. Heinlein Award for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space, we present to you a selection of over six decades of work from a...

  • FORBIDDEN FUTURES 10/11

    Step into Beyond Tomorrow with Forbidden Futures 10! The essence of humanity collides with the wonders of technology. Traverse dimensions of moral complexity and futuristic visions. Beyond Tomorrow is an odyssey into the unknown!David Gerrold's Compa...

  • Praxis

    A lifetime in the Labor Corps-or colonize a new world. For Jamie and José, not much of a choice. But Praxis wouldn't be easy. To survive there, you had to depend on each other. And that requires honesty that few possess. Praxis is a bold experim...

  • Ascents of Wonder

    • / Mystery
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  • Starlog's Science Fiction Yearbook

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Gerrold has published 54 books.

David Gerrold does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Praxis, was published in October 2024.

The first book by David Gerrold, With a finger in my I, was published in January 1972.

Yes. David Gerrold has 2 series.
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