Order of A. Bertram Chandler Books
A. Bertram Chandler was a popular pulp science fiction author. He wrote over forty novels during his career as well as 200 works of short fiction. Chandler is best known for writing the John Grimes novels, the Rim World series, and the Empress Irene series.
Chandler won awards throughout his career for his writing, including multiple Australian Ditmar Awards. He was an Anglo-Australian merchant marine officer for the first part of his career which ended up showing up often in his fiction as his descriptions of life aboard spaceships was very similar to his own experience on ships. Chandler was also known for using parallel universes as a plot device with many characters crossing over between universes.
Publication Order of Commander Grimes Books
Rendezvous on a Lost World | (1961) | |
The Deep Reaches of Space | (1967) | |
Catch the Star Winds | (1969) | |
The Far Traveler | (1977) | |
To Keep the Ship | (1978) | |
Matilda’s Stepchildren | (1979) | |
Star Loot | (1980) | |
The Anarch Lords | (1981) | |
The Wild Ones | (1984) | |
The Last Amazon | (1984) | |
Tramp Captain | (1990) | |
Lieutenant Of The Survey Service | (2000) | |
Survey Captain | (2002) | |
Rim Runner | (2004) | |
Reserve Commodore | (2004) |
Publication Order of Derek Calver Adventures Books
The Rim of Space | (1961) | |
The Ship from Outside | (1963) |
Publication Order of Grimes in the Rim World Books
Into the Alternate Universe | (1964) | |
Contraband from Otherspace | (1967) | |
The Rim Gods | (1968) | |
The Dark Dimensions | (1971) | |
Gateway to Never | (1972) | |
The Way Back | (1978) | |
The Commodore at Sea / Alternate Orbits | (1981) |
Publication Order of Empress Books
Empress of Outer Space | (1965) | |
Space Mercenaries | (1965) | |
Nebula Alert | (1969) |
Publication Order of Grimes in Federation Service Books
The Road To The Rim | (1967) | |
False Fatherland / Spartan Planet | (1968) | |
To Prime the Pump | (1971) | |
The Inheritors | (1972) | |
The Big Black Mark | (1975) | |
The Broken Cycle | (1975) | |
Star Courier | (1977) |
Publication Order of John Grimes Saga Books
To the Galactic Rim | (2011) | |
First Command | (2011) | |
Galactic Courier | (2011) | |
Ride the Star Winds | (2012) | |
Upon a Sea of Stars | (2014) | |
Note: This is an omnibus series with various works by Chandler. |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Bring Back Yesterday | (1961) | |
The Hamelin Plague | (1963) | |
The Coils of Time | (1964) | |
Glory Planet | (1964) | |
The Alternate Martians | (1965) | |
The Sea Beasts | (1971) | |
When the Dream Dies | (1981) | |
Frontier of the Dark | (1984) | |
Kelly Country | (1985) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Wet Paint | (1959) | |
Raiders of the Solar Frontier | (2011) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Beyond the Galactic Rim | (1963) | |
The Hard Way Up | (1972) | |
Up to the Sky in Ships | (2015) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1946 | (1946) | |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fall 1950 | (1950) | |
Science Fiction Vol. 9 No. 25 | (1957) | |
The Waters Under the Earth | (1958) | |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1959 | (1959) | |
Great Short Novels of Science Fiction | (1970) | |
SF Authors’ Choice 2 | (1970) | |
Galaxy Magazine, March 1971 | (1971) | |
The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two | (1973) | |
Other Worlds | (1978) | |
The Best Australian Science Fiction | (2005) | |
Worst Contact | (2016) | |
Out of this World Adventures, July 1950 | (2016) | |
Out of this World Adventures, December 1950 | (2016) | |
Vanguard Science Fiction, June 1958 | (2021) |