A. Bertram Chandler
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Pseudonyms:
Notes:
Born in the UK, Emigrated to Australia in 1956.
Titles:
Chapter Books
Collections
- 1963. Beyond the Galactic Rim
- 1969. Catch the Star Winds
- 1970. Der Sternensegler
- 1971. Alternate Orbits
- 1972. Weltraumspuk
- 1972. The Hard Way Up
- 1979. The Commodore at Sea
- 1982. Up to the Sky in Ships
- 1983. Grimes macht Karriere
- 1990. From Sea to Shining Star
- 2007. The Far Traveller
- 2007. The Rim Gods
- 2007. Catch the Star Winds
Essays
- 1927. Letter (Amazing Stories, July 1927)
- 1943. Letter (Astounding, September 1943): Gailbraith's Creator Is Busy Creating Havoc Among the Sons of the Sun—with Special Training in PT Boat Operation.
- 1945. The Perfect Machine
- 1947. Letter (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1947): Ship's Chandler
- 1949. Letter (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1949): "George Whitley" Replies
- 1956. Introducing the Author
- 1960. "The Principle", revisited
- 1960. Letter (Analog, October 1960)
- 1966. Letter (Analog, June 1966)
- 1967. Letter (Analog, January 1967)
- 1969. Letter (Analog, April 1969)
- 1969. Letter (SF Commentary 4)
- 1969. Letter to Science Fiction Review, December 1969
- 1970. Letter (Science Fiction Review, April 1970)
- 1970. Comment on Late (afterword)
- 1970. Letter (SF Commentary 15)
- 1970. Letter (Science Fiction Review, October 1970)
- 1974. untitled (John W. Campbell: An Australian Tribute)
- 1974. Writing Abroad: Australia
- 1975. Letter (The Diversifier #11)
- 1975. Letter (Janus, Dec. 1975)
- 1975. Letter (SF Commentary 44/45)
- 1976. Letter (SF Commentary 47)
- 1976. Letter (SF Commentary 48/49/50)
- 1978. Gold Is Where You Find It
- 1978. Around the World in 23,741 Days
- 1978. Three Conventions in Thirty Days
- 1982. Sea and Science Fiction
- 1982. A. Bertram Chandler: My Life and Grimes
- 1983. Foreword (Frontier Worlds)
- 1983. Vorwort (Abenteuer Randwelt)
- 1985. Afterword to U.S. Edition (Kelly Country)
- 1985. Foreword to the U.S. Edition (Kelly Country)
- 1986. Nachwort zur amerikanischen Ausgabe
- 1986. Vorwort zur australischen Ausgabe
Interviews
Novels
- 1961. Bring Back Yesterday
- 1961. Rendezvous on a Lost World
- 1961. The Rim of Space
- 1962. Am Rande der Milchstraße
- 1962. Die Welt der Roboter
- 1963. Rendez-vous sur un monde perdu
- 1963. The Ship from Outside
- 1963. The Hamelin Plague
- 1964. Glory Planet
- 1964. Into the Alternate Universe
- 1964. The Coils of Time
- 1964. The Deep Reaches of Space
- 1964. Im Zeitkreis gefangen
- 1965. Empress of Outer Space
- 1965. Space Mercenaries
- 1965. The Alternate Martians
- 1966. Der Mann, der zu den Sternen flog
- 1966. Im Spalt zwischen den Universen
- 1967. Contraband from Otherspace
- 1967. Nebula Alert
- 1967. The Road to the Rim
- 1967. Die Kaiserin der Galaxis
- 1967. Sprung in die Zeit
- 1968. False Fatherland
- 1968. Spartan Planet
- 1968. The Rim Gods
- 1968. Das Wrack aus der Unendlichkeit
- 1969. Catch the Star Winds
- 1969. Straße in die Unendlichkeit
- 1969. Das Universum der Rebellen
- 1970. Die Götter der Randwelten
- 1970. Der Sternensegler
- 1971. The Dark Dimensions
- 1971. The Sea Beasts
- 1971. To Prime the Pump
- 1972. Gateway to Never
- 1972. The Gateway to Never
- 1972. The Inheritors
- 1972. Raumschiff aus dem Nichts
- 1973. Das Tor zum Nichts
- 1973. Welt der Vergessenen
- 1974. The Bitter Pill
- 1975. The Big Black Mark
- 1975. The Broken Cycle
- 1976. Vagabunden der Galaxis
- 1976. The Way Back
- 1977. Star Courier
- 1977. The Far Traveller
- 1977. Universum der Roboter
- 1978. Flug ins Gestern
- 1978. To Keep the Ship
- 1979. The Far Traveler
- 1979. Matilda's Stepchildren
- 1979. Appuntamento su un mondo perduto
- 1979. I coloni di Morrow
- 1979. Le nuove vie della Frontiera
- 1979. Le vie della Frontiera
- 1980. Le long détour
- 1980. Star Loot
- 1981. When the Dream Dies
- 1981. The Anarch Lords
- 1983. Grimes reist in die Unendlichkeit
- 1983. Grimes auf El Dorado
- 1983. Grimes im Paradies des Todes
- 1984. Frontier of the Dark
- 1984. Grimes bei den Rebellen von Sparta
- 1984. Kelly Country
- 1984. Grimes und die vergessene Kolonie
- 1984. Grimes und die Liebesdroge
- 1984. The Last Amazon
- 1984. Grimes und das Schiff aus Gold
- 1984. Grimes gegen die Piratenkönigin
- 1984. The Wild Ones
- 1984. Grimes in gefährlicher Mission
- 1985. Grimes als Gladiator
- 1985. Grimes, Freibeuter des Weltraums
- 1985. Grimes bei den Anarcholords
- 1985. Grimes und die letzte Amazone
- 1986. Die australische Revolution
- 1997. Il comandante del Far Traveller
- 2004. Cesta na okraj
- 2004. Studna duší
- 2007. La route des confins
- 2007. Matilda's Step Children
Omnibuses
- 1961. Bring Back Yesterday / The Trouble with Tycho
- 1961. Bring Back Yesterday / The Trouble with Tycho
- 1961. The Door Through Space / Rendezvous on a Lost World
- 1962. The Rim of Space / Secret Agent of Terra
- 1963. Beyond the Galactic Rim / The Ship From Outside
- 1964. The Coils of Time / Into the Alternate Universe
- 1965. The Alternate Martians / Empress of Outer Space
- 1965. The Caves of Mars / Space Mercenaries
- 1967. Contraband from Otherspace / Reality Forbidden
- 1967. Nebula Alert / The Rival Rigelians
- 1967. The Lost Millennium / The Road to the Rim
- 1969. The Rim Gods / The High Hex
- 1971. Alternate Orbits / The Dark Dimensions
- 1972. The Inheritors / The Gateway to Never
- 1972. The Hard Way Up / The Veiled World
- 1978. The Road to the Rim / The Hard Way Up
- 1978. The Inheritors / Gateway to Never
- 1978. The Dark Dimensions / The Rim Gods
- 1979. The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet
- 1979. Into the Alternate Universe / Contraband from Otherspace
- 1979. Le vie della frontiera
- 1979. The Rim of Space / The Ship from Outside
- 1982. Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry
- 2000. John Grimes: Lieutenant of the Survey Service
- 2002. John Grimes: Survey Captain
- 2003. John Grimes: Tramp Captain
- 2004. John Grimes: Reserve Commodore
- 2004. John Grimes: Rim Runner
- 2005. John Grimes: Rim Commander
- 2007. John Grimes-Federation Survey Service
- 2007. John Grimes-Far Traveler Couriers
- 2010. To the Galactic Rim
- 2011. First Command
- 2011. Galactic Courier
- 2012. Ride the Star Winds
- 2014. Upon a Sea of Stars
- 2015. Gateway to Never
- 2018. The Coming of the Rats / The Hamelin Plague
Poems
Reviews
- 1947. Death into Life
- 1948. The Fourth Book of Jorkens
- 1961. The Rim of Space
- 1961. The Rim of Space
- 1961. The Rim of Space
- 1962. Bring Back Yesterday
- 1962. The Door Through Space / Rendezvous on a Lost World
- 1962. The Rim of Space / Secret Agent of Terra
- 1964. Rendez-vous sur un monde perdu
- 1964. The Deep reaches of Space
- 1964. Beyond the Galactic Rim
- 1964. The Deep Reaches of Space
- 1964. The Ship from Outside
- 1964. The Hamelin Plague
- 1964. Glory Planet
- 1968. Contraband From Otherspace
- 1969. Catch the Star Winds
- 1969. Catch the Star Winds
- 1970. Spartan Planet
- 1970. Catch the Star Winds
- 1975. The Big Black Mark
- 1975. The Bitter Pill
- 1975. The Big Black Mark
- 1976. The Bitter Pill
- 1976. The Bitter Pill
- 1976. The Bitter Pill
- 1978. The Way Back
- 1978. The Way Back
- 1978. Universum der Roboter
- 1978. To Keep the Ship
- 1980. The Broken Cycle
- 1980. The Broken Cycle
- 1980. Le long détour
- 1981. Star Loot
- 1981. The Rim of Space
- 1981. When the Dream Dies
- 1982. The Anarch Lords
- 1982. Bring Back Yesterday
- 1983. The Anarch Lords
- 1983. Up to the Sky in Ships
- 1983. Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry
- 1983. Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry
- 1983. Grimes auf El Dorado
- 1983. Grimes macht Karriere
- 1983. Grimes reist in die Unendlichkeit
- 1984. Matilda's Stepchildren
- 1984. Matilda's Stepchildren
- 1984. Kelly Country
- 1984. Frontier of the Dark
- 1985. The Wild Ones
- 1985. The Wild Ones
- 1985. The Wild Ones
- 1985. The Wild Ones
- 1985. The Wild Ones
- 1986. Kelly Country
- 1986. Kelly Country
- 1986. Kelly Country
- 1986. Kelly Country
- 1986. Kelly Country
- 1986. The Wild Ones
- 1991. From Sea to Shining Star
- 1991. From Sea to Shining Star: A Memorial Volume
- 1991. From Sea to Shining Star
- 1991. From Sea to Shining Star
- 1991. From Sea to Shining Sea
- 1992. From Sea to Shining Star: A Memorial Volume
- 2011. To the Galactic Rim
- 2013. Ride the Star Winds
- 2015. Gateway to Never
- 2015. Gateway to Never
- 2016. Die australische Revolution
Serials
- 1961. When the Dream Dies (Complete Novel)
- 1962. I fuorilegge dell'universo (Complete Novel)
- 1965. Nelle immense profondità spaziali (Complete Novel)
- 1966. Edge of Night (Part 1 of 2)
- 1966. Edge of Night (Part 2 of 2)
- 1967. The Road to the Rim (Part 1 of 2)
- 1967. The Road to the Rim (Part 2 of 2)
- 1968. Spartan Planet (Part 1 of 2)
- 1968. Spartan Planet (Part 2 of 2)
- 1968. Le vie della frontiera (Complete Novel)
- 1969. Nuove vie della frontiera (Complete Novel)
- 1973. Dove sparivano le navi (Complete Novel)
- 1973. Appuntamento su un mondo perduto (Complete Novel)
- 1974. I coloni di Morrow (Complete Novel)
- 1980. Il comandante del Far Traveler (Complete Novel)
- 1980. Il pianeta del piacere (Complete Novel)
Short Fiction
- 1944. "This Means War!"
- 1945. Alter Ego
- 1945. The Golden Journey
- 1945. Giant Killer
- 1945. One Came Back
- 1946. Special Knowledge
- 1946. Lady Dog
- 1946. Stability
- 1946. False Dawn
- 1946. Tower of Darkness
- 1946. And Not in Peace
- 1947. Bad Patch
- 1947. Traveler's Tale
- 1947. Boomerang
- 1947. Castaway
- 1948. Second Meeting
- 1948. New Wings
- 1948. The Tides of Time
- 1948. Dawn of Nothing
- 1948. Preview of Peril
- 1948. Mutiny on Venus
- 1949. Moon of Madness
- 1949. Position Line
- 1950. Coefficient X
- 1950. Haunt
- 1950. Terror of the Mist-Maidens
- 1950. Fire Brand!
- 1950. And All Disastrous Things
- 1950. Raiders of the Solar Frontier
- 1951. Obituary
- 1951. Reaping Time
- 1952. Doom Satellite
- 1952. Next in Line
- 1952. Path of Glory
- 1952. Lost Art
- 1952. Pest
- 1952. Finishing Touch
- 1952. Frontier of the Dark
- 1952. The Serpent
- 1953. Last Day
- 1953. Farewell to Lotos
- 1953. Final Voyage
- 1953. Jetsam
- 1953. Viscous Circle
- 1953. A Matter of Timing
- 1953. Gateway
- 1953. Moonflowers and Mary
- 1953. The Forest of Knives
- 1953. Hot Squat
- 1954. Shadow Before
- 1954. Zoological Specimen
- 1954. Six of One ...
- 1954. Épaves
- 1954. The Wrong Track
- 1954. Zavorra
- 1955. The Viscous Circle
- 1955. Late
- 1955. As It Was in the Beginning
- 1955. Moonfall
- 1956. Late Arrival
- 1956. Not Quite the Noblest
- 1956. The Unharmonious Word
- 1957. Alone
- 1957. Sister Under the Skin
- 1957. Swap Shop
- 1957. The Beholders
- 1957. The Book of Power
- 1957. The Half Pair
- 1957. The Survivors
- 1957. The Tie That Binds
- 1957. Time to Change
- 1957. The Maze
- 1957. The Hostile Survivors
- 1957. The Principle
- 1957. They Blow Up
- 1957. Dark Reflection
- 1957. The Pool
- 1957. ... and a Half-Dozen of the Other ...
- 1957. Drift
- 1957. The Cage
- 1957. The Window
- 1957. I'll Take Over
- 1957. Mother of Invention
- 1957. The Search for Sally
- 1957. The Successors
- 1957. The Trouble with Them
- 1957. Artifact
- 1957. How to Win Friends
- 1957. Sense of Wonder
- 1957. A Matter of Taste
- 1957. Ghost
- 1958. Gift Horse
- 1958. The Explanation
- 1958. One Man's Ambition
- 1958. The Converts
- 1958. What Would You Do?
- 1958. Flypaper Planet
- 1958. Motivation
- 1958. The Bureaucrat
- 1958. Ghost World
- 1958. In the Box
- 1958. Fall of Knight
- 1958. SOS, Planet Unknown
- 1958. The Ultimate Vice
- 1958. Words and Music
- 1958. Ewiger Kreislauf
- 1958. It Started with Sputnik
- 1958. The Song
- 1958. Why?
- 1958. Albatross
- 1958. Dreamboat
- 1958. Invasion
- 1958. Clear View
- 1958. Critical Angle
- 1958. Planet of Ill Repute
- 1958. What's In a Name?
- 1958. L'arrivée sur la Lune
- 1958. The Underside
- 1959. Forbidden Planet
- 1959. No More Sea
- 1959. The Right Ingredients
- 1959. To Run the Rim
- 1959. The Silence
- 1959. Chance Encounter
- 1959. Spaceman's Delight
- 1959. The Word
- 1959. Can Do
- 1959. Precession
- 1959. Temptress of Eden
- 1959. The Idol
- 1959. The Man Who Could Not Stop
- 1959. Wet Paint
- 1959. The Key
- 1959. Familiar Pattern
- 1959. The Outsiders
- 1959. The Female of the Species
- 1959. The Magic, Magic Carpet
- 1959. Le chant des sirènes
- 1960. Les frontières de la nuit
- 1960. Lost Thing Found
- 1960. Homing Tantalus
- 1960. No Return
- 1960. The Habit
- 1960. Seeing Eye
- 1961. Planet ohne Umkehr
- 1961. Change of Heart
- 1961. The Genie
- 1961. All Laced Up
- 1961. By Implication
- 1963. The Winds of If
- 1964. A Question of Theology
- 1964. The Long Way
- 1965. Flucht in die Ewigkeit
- 1966. Les baguettes sidérales
- 1967. The Left Hand Way
- 1967. The Left-Hand Way
- 1967. Die Wunschreise
- 1967. Rimghost
- 1967. Two Can Play
- 1967. Le cosmonaute attardé
- 1968. The Rim Gods
- 1968. The Bird-Brained Navigator
- 1968. When I Was in the Zoo
- 1968. Last Dreamer
- 1968. The Last Dreamer
- 1968. The Tin Fishes
- 1969. Hall of Fame
- 1969. The Kingsolving's Planet Irregulars
- 1969. The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars
- 1969. The Minus Effect
- 1969. The Soul Machine
- 1970. Die Ausgestossenen
- 1970. Sea Change
- 1970. The Proper Gander
- 1970. Sleeping Beauty
- 1970. The Sleeping Beauty
- 1970. The Rub
- 1970. The Bitter Pill
- 1970. The Wandering Buoy
- 1970. Tödliche Fracht
- 1971. The Man Who Sailed the Sky
- 1971. The Sister Ships
- 1971. What You Know
- 1971. The Mountain Movers
- 1971. Strandgut
- 1971. No Room in the Stable
- 1971. The Pied Potter
- 1971. Sister Ships
- 1972. Da liegt der Hund begraben
- 1972. Der Mann, der durch die Lüfte segelte
- 1972. Die Schwesternschiffe
- 1972. Ruhmeshalle
- 1972. The Subtracter
- 1972. The Tin Messiah
- 1972. With Good Intentions
- 1972. The Dutchman
- 1972. Droga Per Colazione
- 1973. Teufelskreis
- 1973. The Last Hunt
- 1973. On the Account
- 1974. Der Ratten-Gang
- 1975. Hard Luck Story
- 1975. Rim Change
- 1975. The Hairy Parents
- 1976. Az utolsó vadászat
- 1976. Kelly Country
- 1976. The Far Traveller
- 1977. Het robotklooster
- 1977. Buren
- 1977. The Long Fall
- 1978. Grimes Among the Gourmets
- 1978. Not Without Precedent
- 1978. La longue chute
- 1978. The Sleeping Beast
- 1978. Grimes at Glenrowan
- 1978. Firebrand!
- 1978. Doggy in the Window
- 1979. Journey's End
- 1979. UFO
- 1980. Grimes and the Great Race
- 1980. Grimes at the Great Race
- 1980. Die Seelenmaschine
- 1981. A New Dimension
- 1981. The Way It Was
- 1982. A keserű pirula
- 1982. A Clockwork Lemon
- 1982. Haarige Vorfahren
- 1983. Az alvó fenevad
- 1983. Shrick, der Riesentöter
- 1983. John Grimes: Autobiographische Notizen
- 1983. Grimes and the Odd Gods
- 1983. Der Blechmessias
- 1983. Die Wanderboje
- 1983. Dornröschen im All
- 1983. Ein Raumschiff erwacht
- 1983. Eva
- 1983. Mit besten Absichten
- 1983. Was man weiß
- 1984. Grimes and the Jailbirds
- 1984. Grimes und die sonderbaren Götter
- 1986. Don't Knock the Rock
- 1987. Zufällige Begegnung
- 1987. La Gabbia
- 1988. Jättiläisentappaja
- 1988. I sollevatori di montagne
- 1990. Hindsight
- 1990. Long Way
- 1990. Man Alone
- 1999. Metamorfosi Marina
- 2008. Grimes and the Gaijin Daimyo
- 8888. The True Believers
Awards
- 1962. Rendezvous on a Lost World - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 1964. The Winds of If - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
- 1969. False Fatherland^Spartan Planet - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Win)
- 1970. The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1971. The Bitter Pill - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Win)
- 1972. What You Know - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1973. The Hard Way Up - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1975. The Bitter Pill - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Win)
- 1976. The Big Black Mark - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Win)
- 1977. Kelly Country - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1978. The Long Fall - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
- 1979. To Keep the Ship - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1982. The Anarch Lords - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1984. Kelly Country - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1985. The Wild Ones - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1985. The Last Amazon - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1992. From Sea to Shining Star - Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, Best Australian Long Fiction (Nomination)
- 1996. Giant Killer - Retro Hugo Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
- 2020. Giant Killer - Retro Hugo Award, Best Novella (Nomination below cutoff)
Genres/Themes:
- science fiction (44 books)
- first contact (3 books)
- space opera (2 books)
- space navy (2 books)
- time travel (2 books)
- aliens (2 books)
- space travel (2 books)
- magic (2 books)
- Merril05 (2 books)
- homosexuality (1 book)
- world without men/women (1 book)
- Australia (1 book)
- Benjamin Bathurst (1 book)
- empire (1 book)
- dreams (1 book)
- female leaders (1 book)
- dystopia (1 book)
- mars (1 book)
- mutants (1 book)
- interspecies war (1 book)
- interstellar travel (1 book)
- nonhuman point of view (1 book)
- NESFA Core Reading List (1 book)
- rats (1 book)
- story within a story (1 book)
- first person point of view (1 book)
- prison planet (1 book)
- escape (1 book)
- puritanism (1 book)
- interstellar commerce (1 book)
- sea adventure (1 book)
- parallel universe (1 book)
- autobiography (1 book)
- metafiction (1 book)
- tongue in cheek (1 book)
- recursive sf (NESFA index) (1 book)
- Merril07 (1 book)
- lost colony (1 book)
- devolution (1 book)
- interplanetary travel (1 book)
- asteroid prospectors (1 book)
- marriage (1 book)
- stubbornness (1 book)
- horror (1 book)
- Merril03 (1 book)
- war with aliens (1 book)
- Merril01 (1 book)
- Feghoot (1 book)
- alternate history (1 book)