Keith Laumer

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  • Bibliography:
    101 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1951
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Bolos

1 - Honor of the Regiment (Sep-1993)
2 - The Unconquerable (Nov-1994)
3 - The Triumphant (Aug-1995)
4 - Last Stand (Feb-1997)
5 - Old Guard (Jan-2001)
6 - Cold Steel (Jul-2002)
Bolos: Their Finest Hour (Aug-2010)

Retief

Retief Unbound (1963)
Retief's War (1965)
Retief: Emissary to the Stars (1966)
Retief and the Warlords (1968)
Retief of the CDT (1971)
Retief at Large (Aug-1978)
Retief Diplomat at Arms (Apr-1983)
The Return of Retief (Sep-1984)
Retief (1986)
Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude (Mar-1986)
Retief in the Ruins (Nov-1986)
Retief: Envoy to the New Worlds (Apr-1987)
Retief to the Rescue (1988)
Reward for Retief (Nov-1990)
Retief and the Rascals (Apr-1993)

Universe Twister

1 - The Time Bender (Mar-1984)
2 - World Shuffler (Apr-1984)
3 - The Shape Changer (May-1984)

Multi-Author Series List

Bolo

Bolo (Jul-1977)
Rogue Bolo (Jan-1986)
Bolo: Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade (1986)
Honor of the Regiment (Sep-1993)
The Unconquerable (Nov-1994)
The Triumphant (Aug-1995)
Last Stand (Feb-1997)
Old Guard (Jan-2001)
Cold Steel (Jul-2002)
Bolos: Their Finest Hour (Aug-2010)

Book List in Order: 101 titles

  • Graylorn

    Losing ground to the Red Tide, Earth pinned its hopes on contacting the Omega Colony for help. Never mind that the Omegans hadn't been heard from in 200 years ... or that the trip aboard an experimental new ship would take 5 years to reach its goal! ...

  • Retief Unbound

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    Retief

    The publication of certain accounts of Jame Retief under the title RETIEF AT LARGE has generated such response that we of Ace Books have felt compelled, as a public service, to publish a second volume of the affairs--some would call them adventures--...

  • Trace of Memory

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    Help wanted: Soldier of fortune seeks companion in arms to share unusual adventure. Foster, Box 19. Legion was desperate-but not that desperate. Even petty larceny seemed preferable to that kind of proposal. But fate stepped in, and now he is on t...

  • A Plague of Demons

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    THE SECRET MASTERS OF THE WORLD...WEREN'T HUMAN When John Bravais went on a secret mission to observe a war in North Africa, he found out more than it was safe to know. Lupine-like aliens were harvesting the brains of the fallen, for an unknown pu...

  • Retief's War

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    Retief

    THAT RESOURCEFUL RETIEF IS BACK! Its Retief the galactic policeman and Earthman on a visit to the planet of Quopp, where Earthmen must tread quietly or not at all. But Ambassador Longspoon has a plan to unite all the hostile tribes of Quopp under ...

  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars

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    Retief

    THE GROACI PERIL They're nasty little five-eyed sticky fingers who want the galaxy and will stoop to anything to get it. But when they try to sabotage one planet and use another for their garbage, it's time for Retief, that cunning and courageous ...

  • Catastrophe Planet

    The Earth was in shambles after the final quake had leveled the cities. For Mal Irish the last hold on reality was the embossed gold coin he had taken from the pocket of the dead man - the man who with his last breath had told him of mastodons buri...

  • Test to Destruction

    in Dangerous Visions #3

  • Retief and the Warlords

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    Retief

    ACROSS THE GALAXIES, AGAINST WRONGDOERS AND ROGUES! Only Retief-- the indomitable champion of the underdog and 27th-century diplomacy-- can seal the peace between the battling earthlings and the lobster-like aliens known as Haterakans. In const...



  • The Long Twilight: and Other Stories

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    A huge volume of edge-of-the-seat science fiction adventure, including: * The Long Twilight: Grayle and Falconer met in relentless combat with no quarter in prehistoric ages past, their endless battle now remembered only as dark myths and legends....

  • The Star Treasure

    THE STAR LORDS WANTED HIM DEAD... but Ban Tarleton was not yet ready to die. He had found the corpse of his friend Paul Danton among the rings of Saturn, flotsam among the litter of Space, and he yearned for revenge. The Star Lords controlled t...

  • Retief of the CDT

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    Retief

    AGAINST A RAGING BACKDROP OF INTERPLANETARY INTRIGUE This time that resourceful officer of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne must deal with horrors unknown as he hunts the universe for a stolen ballet theatre. The courageous Terran must figh...

  • Dinosaur Beach

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  • Timetracks

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    One of the most prolific and gifted writers in a very fast field. For science fiction is really where it's at these days. In fact, anyone not writing s.f. is clearly out-of-step. In this arena, Laumer is close to being one of the old-timers (no pun i...

  • The Other Side of Time

    Agatha Windham has lost her mind. Surely. Otherwise she wouldn't have nightmares about a small Jewess who is captured during WWII. Nor would she watch a German farmer step into her office out of a stained-glass window and request her help. After all,...

  • The Glory Game

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    WAR GAMES... As the Hukk maneuver on the fringes otTerran Space, the Terran Navy is about to begin the most important "game" in the history of the human race. For too many years the Hukk have been pushing, pushing at humanity's frontiers, testing ou...

  • Best of Keith Laumer

    "Some of the most excellent stories of our time. . . . Laumer writes adventure as well as any science-fiction writer, and The Best of Keith Laumer contains some of his finest work. It shows an artistic range and versatility that will be a revelation ...

  • Bolo

    Bolo

    Unrivaled in the history of artillery and unsurpassed in its ability to reason, Bolo replaces man in that most human of endeavors: war. In these scintillating tales of the ever-advancing Dinochrome Brigade, the most effective weapons ever devised ...

  • The Ultimax Man



  • Retief at Large

    Retief

    COSMIC DIPLOMACY AND MACHIAVELLIAN INTRIGUE The official accounts of Terra's efforts in the field of interstellar diplomacy during the 29th century are available for the dialing to anyone willing to pore through the records of the Corps Diplomatiq...

  • The Devil You Don't

    in Alchemy & Academe

    ENTER THE WORLD OF TRANSMUTATIONS -- MENTAL AND ELEMENTAL, ALCHEMICAL AND ACADEMIC NIGHT AND THE LOVES OF JOE DICOSTANZO by Samuel R. Delany When a young man living in an abandoned castle discovers he has strange and wonderful powers, he's delig...

  • Earthblood

    "An epic novel of humanity pushed to the brink of existence–and fighting back with a dash of grit and a sense of humor by Bolo and Retief series creator Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown. Also includes the complete Laumer and Brown Niss unive...

  • The Breaking Earth

    The earth gone mad... Always, beneath the calm surface of our planet, colossal forces are building up, and from time to time must find release; minor geological events such as the San Francisco earthquake, and the eruptions of Krakatoa and Mt. St. H...

  • Star Colony

    Coming in fast and low, the huge ship made planet fall. Three years out from Terra, the colony ship Omega had reached her destination, and the crew began to off-load the cargo and passengers. Then the ship vanished. Against the vast panorama ...

  • Planet Run

  • Diplomat at Arms

  • Knight of Delusions

    INVESTIGATION OF REALITY It starts out as a weird but seemingly understandable assignment, bodyguarding a mad politician whose keepers have decided to let him "escape" as a sort of reality therapy. But to understand the Senator, Florin must enter ...

  • Retief Diplomat at Arms

    Retief

  • The Infinite Cage

    When he awakens in a skid row alley, Adam knows nothing. Not who he is, nor where he's from. Money is a mystery. So are women. All he begins his new life with is a will to survive. But he learns fast: first, how to get away; then how not to have to. ...



  • The Galaxy Builder

  • The Time Bender

    Universe Twister - 1

  • World Shuffler

    Universe Twister - 2

  • The Monitors

  • The Shape Changer

    Universe Twister - 3

  • Once There Was a Giant

  • The Great Time Machine Hoax

  • The Return of Retief

    Retief

    PLANET AFTER PLANET FELL TO THE REE A vast and powerful race, the Ree needed breeding room for an ever-increasing population--and their expansion plans took no account of human territory. The farmers and miners of Tip Space were helpless against ...

  • Chrestomathy

  • End As a Hero

    Granthan's mission was the most vital of the war. It would mean instant victory -- but for whom? Earth didn't trust his information. They were sure that he had been brain washed by the enemy. He had to convince them that he could be trusted before th...



  • The Other Sky // The House in November

  • Rogue Bolo

    Bolo

    The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M, which performed remarkably well.However, the always-present possibility of capture and use of a Bolo by an enemy was a constant sou...

  • Worlds of the Imperium

    When Brion Bayard was kidnapped and brought to the alternate world where Earth's history took a different turn, it was not a pleasant experience. It was, however, a startling experience. Here was a world that was just like the Earth he was taken from...

  • Bolo: Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade

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    Bolo

  • Retief

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    Retief

    The ceremonious protocol of the Yills was impressive, colorful, and, in the long run, deadly! It was up to Jame Retief to figure out how to respond to the Yill's overtures in the correct manner; all the while keeping his superiors from making a deadl...

  • Beyond the Imperium

  • Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude

    Retief

    ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES RETIEF A DULL BOY.. . That's why a chance to apply his diplomatic skills to the Annual Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude should have proved quite a relief for the Galaxy's Only Two-fisted Diplomat; after all, what could...

  • Retief in the Ruins

    Retief

    It's a rare day when Terrans meet eye-to-eyestalk with the slimy little sticky-fingers--er, that is to say, the noble alien Groaci. This time the races clash on the planet PopuRi, once the home of a mighty interstellar power. Popu-Ri has sunk into de...

  • Galactic Odyssey

    Down and out on planet Earth... It was raining, starting to sleet. My last ride had dumped me twenty country miles from nowhere. If I didn't get warm soon I was going to die. That's why I took a chance on that weird corn silo, even after I knew it wa...

  • Retief: Envoy to the New Worlds

    Retief

    Between the lines of the official histories of the frontier worlds of the 29th Century lie a myriad confidential accounts of the boners, near-catastrophes, and interstellar crises that were bound to occur when human meets non-human. The adventures of...



  • Retief to the Rescue

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    Retief

  • The Stars Must Wait

    In the year 2002 a young Air Force Lieutenant Commander prepares for his role as Backup Navigator for the historic Callisto Mission. Before leaving Earth for space, "Jack" Jackson will be placed in a state of suspended animation, and will be awakened...

  • Reward for Retief

    Retief

  • Zone Yellow

    "Brion Bayard, once of our own timeline and now Imperium Agent extraordinaire, had been on some pretty dangerous missions before -- but never had he encountered so noxious a foe as the invading legions of giant plague-ridden rats who walked like men,...

  • Judson's Eden

  • Alien Minds

  • Back to the Time Trap

    As superbeings from the end of time struggle for control of the universe with aliens from another galaxy, Roger and his friends find themselves face to face with history's bad guys in their quest to return to their own time. Original....

  • Time Trap

  • Retief and the Rascals

    Retief

    Terran diplomat and interplanetary troubleshooter Jame Retief must stop the belligerent, five-eyed Groaci from invading the beleaguered planet of Bloor, which is already plagued by violence between rival gangs. Original....

  • Honor of the Regiment

    Bolos - 1
    Bolo

    BOLOS: YOU GOTTA LOVE 'EM (OR ELSE) What is a BOLO? The symbol of brute force, intransigent defiance, and adamantine will. But on a deeper level, the BOLO is the Lancelot of the future: The perfect knight, sans peur et sans reproche. The perfect g...

  • The Unconquerable

    Bolos - 2
    Bolo

    "DEFEAT" DOES NOT COMPUTE The Unconquerable continues the Amplified History of the Bolo: From the earliest entries in the Bolo saga comes the account of a besieged American platoon and their experimental robot tank facing an enemy who controls a l...

  • The Triumphant

    Bolos - 3
    Bolo

    Two new powerhouses of science fiction, David Weber and Linda Evans, continue the amplified history of the Bolo, the nearly indestructible tank/artificial intelligence that changed the shape of the galaxy. David Weber tells the story of a Bolo, th...

  • Last Stand

    Bolos - 4
    Bolo

    LIKE A ROCK (But then, the first Bolos were GM products....) Controlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly un...

  • Dangerous Vegetables

    Chlorophyll cries out for Blood! Do you hate to eat your vegetables? (As if they'd let you ...) Do you worry about your vegetables eating you? (A real possibility ...) Can you swallow puns bad enough to make an artichoke--while Earth takes a...

  • Old Guard

    Bolos - 5
    Bolo

    GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY The onslaught of the Melconians was not the last conflict that humanity's interstellar Concordiat would have to face. For now the Kezdai--a newly encountered species with war at the center of their philosophy--have taken to...

  • Odyssey

    INCREDIBLE ACCELERATION FOR A CORN SILO Billy Danger had gone past hitting the skids--now he was freezing to death in a blizzard. So he took shelter in a corn silo that turned out to be a disguised alien starship, and woke up light years from Eart...

  • Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side

  • The Lighter Side

    IT'S A SERIOUSLY DERANGED UNIVERSE OUT THERE! Chester W. Chester IV had inherited his great grandfather's lifework: a super computer that could bring any situation or time to life. Chester and his shady pal thought that they could make a fortune, ...

  • Cold Steel

    Bolos - 6
    Bolo

    THE THIN STEEL LINE Spreading throughout the galaxy, the human race finds that some of its new neighbors are very unfriendly. But when threats arise, the humans know what to do: Break out the Bolos! Gigantic tanks, with enough firepower for an ...

  • Future Imperfect

    The Convulsing Earth had shattered Civilization --and Something Was Moving In To Pick Up The Pieces ? Mal was heading across an America ravaged by worldwide earthquakes when he ran into a dying stranger who babbled of men who weren't really men. ...

  • Imperium

    There are Millions of Parallel Worlds--and Most of Them are No Longer Inhabitable. The World That is Home to the Imperium is Desperately Fighting Not to Join Their Number! Brion Bayard had been an American diplomat--until he was abducted on the st...

  • Earthblood: and Other Stories

    Two complete novels of interstellar adventure: Earthblood by Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown chronicles one man's struggle to find his destiny in a future where the very existence of Earth is a legend that few believe. Humanity was defeated b...

  • Gambler's World

     

                                                                                                              ON THE ZOOP TOWER

    It ...

  • Greylorn

    Here is one of the tightest, tautest stories of interplanetary adventure in a long while... a story of science fiction exceptionality, serene futuristic awesomeness, and the tranquility that comes from devouring a work of sci fi so utterly brilliant,...

  • It Could Be Anything

    Keith Laumer, well-known for his tales of adventure and action, shows us a different side of his talent in this original, exciting and thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of meaning....

  • Bolos: Their Finest Hour

    Bolos
    Bolo

    Controlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly unstoppable. Their artificial intelligences were designed to make t...

  • A Hoax in Time & Inside Earth

    Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels, complete with original illustrations. The first novel, “A Hoax in Time,” is a tale about an ultimate computer and perhaps the ultimate hero, who combine in t...

  • The Yillian Way

    The ceremonious protocol of the Yills was impressive, colorful, and, in the long run, deadly! It was up to Jame Retief to figure out how to respond to the Yill's overtures in the correct manner; all the while keeping his superiors f...

  • A Hoax in Time

    When Chester W. Chester IV inherits a hundred acres of rolling green lawn surrounding a fifty-room Neo-Victorian eyesore crammed with his Great-Grandfather’s Invention, his friend Case Mulvihill, ex-carny hand, was curious. Visiting the house, they...

  • Gambler's Worl

  • Science Fiction Gems, Volume Eight, Keith Laumer and Others

    Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. Here it is…our eighth collection of Science Fiction Gems This exciting collection of science fiction gems offers an eclectic blend of ...

  • Assignment in Nowhere

    THE COMING OF THE BLIGHT It seemed as though the world was eroding right under everyone's feet. Stories disappeared from magazines; the baron's silver coat of arms, polished in the morning, was pitted with corrosion by afternoon; toadstools were spri...

  • The Long Twilight

    THE COMBATANTS Two godlike blood enemies engaged in a war older than history. THE BATTLEGROUND An out-of-control nuclear plant whose cataclysmic destruction will spell the end of the Earth. REFUGE None - on a planet swept up in the awesome terro...

  • Retief's Ransom

    Lumbaga is a planet without known virtues - but with some decidedly odd natives. For every Lumbagan is simply an arbitrary assortment of semi-independent organs inspired by a lust for mayhem. But even the most undesirable chunk of galactic real esta...

  • Night of Delusions

    It starts out as a weird but seemingly understandable assignment, bodyguarding a mad politician whose keepers have decided to let him "escape" as a sort of reality therapy. But to understand the Senator, Florin must enter the Machine, an reality will...

  • Galactic Diplomat

    Retief is an officer of the distinguished Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne, a supra-national organization devoted to keeping the peace - or more accurately, to maintaining a state of tension short of armed conflict. Retief is not exactly in the mains...

  • The House in November

    Invasion! At first the U.S. army - what was left of it - thought it was battling a communist invasion. The truth was much worse. It wasn't until Jeff Mallory awoke one morning to find that all his fellow townsfolk had become sleep walking zombies, an...

  • The Long Remembered Thunder

    He was as ancient as time -- and as strange as his own frightful battle against incredible odds!...

  • The Star-Sent Knaves

    When the Great Galactic Union first encounters Earth ... is this what is going to happen? An incredibly awesome science fiction tale, created and composed by none other than the genius of sci fi himself, Mr. Keith Laumer! Definitely a gem not to be m...

  • The Night of the Trolls

    The machine's job was to defend its place against enemies - but it had forgotten it had friends! Keith Laumer weaves a futuristic science fiction masterpiece the way only Keith Laumer can weave a futuristic science fiction masterpiece!...

  • The King of the City

    He was a sort of taxi-driver, delivering a commuter to the city. The tank traps and armored cars were the hazards of the trade!...

  • The Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade

    As the concept of intelligent fighting machines developed, the Bolo division of General Motors started working on tank designs that incorporated awareness and intelligence within the development of their tactical tanks.With each new generation,...

  • The Governor of Glave

    The revolution was over and peace restored -- so naturally Retief expected the worst!...

  • Keith Laumer's Retief

    A collection of Hugo-nominated author Keith Laumer's Retief stories, collected from Worlds of If magazine and published in the 1960s. Laumer served in the U.S. Foreign Service and called upon these experiences in creating Jaime Retief, a diplomat ser...

  • The Frozen Planet

    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book h...

  • Keith Laumer Super Pack

    Collected here for the first time in this massive omnibus collection are three novels and twenty-two short stories by multiple Hugo and Nebular Award nominated author, Keith Laumer. That’s more than 900 pages of top-notch adventure science fiction....

  • Aide Memoire

    The Fustians looked like turtles -- but they could move fast when they chose! A Retief story....

  • Mightiest Qornt

  • Saline Solution

    Retief ways might be the disgrace of Earth's diplomatic corps -- but he always manages to get the job done, much to his boss's dismay!...

  • Three By Laumer

  • The Walls

    In a future of extreme overpopulation, Flora yearns to escape the tiny, windowless apartment she shares with her husband Harry. When Harry installs virtual reality walls to distract her from the claustrophobia, Flora embraces the illusory landscapes ...

  • The Keith Laumer Reader - Volume I

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    WORLDS of the IMPERIUM: For Brion Bayard, the discovery of an alternate world to Earth where history took a different turn in the road was not a pleasant experience. His kidnapping brought him some startling revelations.THE FROZEN PLANET: There ar...

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Keith Laumer has published 101 books.

Keith Laumer does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Walls, was published in February 2024.

The first book by Keith Laumer, Graylorn, was published in April 1951.

Yes. Keith Laumer has 3 series.
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