Summary Bibliography: Jack L. Chalker

Summary Bibliography: Jack L. Chalker

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Author: Jack L. Chalker Author Record # 272
Legal Name: Chalker, Jack Laurence
Birthplace: Howard Park, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Birthdate: 17 December 1944
Deathdate: 11 February 2005
Language: English
Webpages: findagrave.com, IMDB, SFE, web.archive.org, Wikipedia-EN
Used These Alternate Names: Jack Chalker, Jack Laurence Chalker
Note: Husband of Eva Whitley. According to the author's archived Web site his full first name was "Jack" and he was born in Baltimore, Maryland, "although all bios and even ''Who's Who'' say Norfolk".
Author Tags: science fiction (13), fantasy (7), time travel (2), parallel universe (1), original anthology (1), Benjamin Bathurst (1), parallel universes (1), SF (1), war (1), Bibliography (1)

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Awards Alphabetical Chronological

Fiction Series

Changewinds
- 1 When the Changewinds Blow (1987)
- 2 Riders of the Winds (1988)
- 3 War of the Maelstrom (1988)
- The Changewinds (1996) [O/1,2,3]
Dancing Gods
- 1 The River of Dancing Gods (1984)
- 2 Demons of the Dancing Gods (1984)
- 3 Vengeance of the Dancing Gods (1985)
- 4 Songs of the Dancing Gods (1990)
- 5 Horrors of the Dancing Gods (1995)
- The Dancing Gods Part One (1995) [O/1,2]
- The Dancing Gods: Part Two (1996) [O/3,4]
- The River of Dancing Gods (excerpt) (2013) [SF]
G.O.D. Inc.
- 1 The Labyrinth of Dreams (1987)
- 2 The Shadow Dancers (1987)
- 3 The Maze in the Mirror (1989)
Soul Rider
- 1 Spirits of Flux & Anchor (1984) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Spirits of Flux and Anchor (1991)
- 2 Empires of Flux & Anchor (1984)
- 3 Masters of Flux & Anchor (1985) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Masters of Flux and Anchor (1991)
- 4 The Birth of Flux & Anchor (1985) also appeared as:
  - Variant: The Birth of Flux and Anchor (1992)
- 5 Children of Flux & Anchor (1986) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Children of Flux and Anchor (2013)
Tales of the Three Kings
- 1 Balshazzar's Serpent (2000) also appeared as:
  - Translation: A Serpente de Baltasar [Portuguese] (2003)
- 2 Melchior's Fire (2001) also appeared as:
  - Translation: O Fogo de Melchior [Portuguese] (2004)
- 3 Kaspar's Box (2003) also appeared as:
  - Translation: A Arca de Gaspar [Portuguese] (2006)
The Four Lords of the Diamond
- 1 Lilith: A Snake in the Grass (1981) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Lilith — eine Schlange im Gras [German] (1985)
- 2 Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold (1982) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Cerberus — ein Wolf in der Schlinge [German] (1985)
- 3 Charon: A Dragon at the Gate (1982) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Charon — ein Drache am Tor [German] (1985)
- 4 Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail (1983) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Medusa — ein Tiger beim Schwanz [German] (1985)
- The Four Lords of the Diamond (1983) [O/1,2,3,4]
The Quintara Marathon
- 1 The Demons at Rainbow Bridge (1989)
- 2 The Run to Chaos Keep (1991)
- 3 The Ninety Trillion Fausts (1991) also appeared as:
  - Variant: 90 Trillion Fausts (1991)
The Rings of the Master
- 1 Lords of the Middle Dark (1986)
- 2 Pirates of the Thunder (1987)
- 3 Warriors of the Storm (1987)
- 4 Masks of the Martyrs (1988)
The Wonderland Gambit
- 1 The Cybernetic Walrus (1995)
- 2 The March Hare Network (1996)
- 3 The Hot-Wired Dodo (1997)
Well World
- Saga of the Well of Souls
  - 1 Midnight at the Well of Souls (1977) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Die Sechseck-Welt [German] (1980)
    - Serializations:
    - Translation: Il pozzo delle anime (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1996) [as by Jack Chalker]
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 1 of 7) (2019)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 2 of 7) (2019)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 3 of 7) (2020)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 4 of 7) (2020)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 5 of 7) (2020)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 6 of 7) (2020)
    - Midnight at the Well of Souls (Part 7 of 7) (2020)
  - 2 Exiles at the Well of Souls (1978) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Exil Sechseck-Welt [German] (1980)
    - Serializations:
    - Translation: I corpi di Mavra (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1997) [as by Jack Chalker]
  - 3 Quest for the Well of Souls (1978) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Entscheidung in der Sechseck-Welt [German] (1980)
    - Serializations:
    - Translation: L'abisso (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1998) [as by Jack Chalker]
  - 4 The Return of Nathan Brazil (1980) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Rückkehr auf die Sechseck-Welt [German] (1981)
  - 5 Twilight at the Well of Souls (1980) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Dämmerung auf der Sechseck-Welt [German] (1981)
  - 6 The Sea Is Full of Stars (1999)
  - 7 Ghost of the Well of Souls (2000)
- The Watchers at the Well
  - 1 Echoes of the Well of Souls (1993)
  - 2 Shadow of the Well of Souls (1994)
  - 3 Gods of the Well of Souls (1994)
  - The Watchers at the Well (1994) [O/1,2,3]

Novels

A Jungle of Stars (1976) also appeared as:
- Translation: Armee der Unsterblichen [German] (1978)
- Translation:
  Une jungle d'étoiles^?Une jungle d'etoiles
  [French] (1979)
The Web of the Chozen (1978) also appeared as:
- Translation: Das Netz der Chozen [German] (1981)
Dancers in the Afterglow (1978) also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Touristenplanet [German] (1982)
- Serializations:
- Translation: I danzatori del crepuscolo (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1988)
A War of Shadows (1979)
And the Devil Will Drag You Under (1979) also appeared as:
- Translation: Fünf Zaubersteine, zu binden fünf verschied'ne Welten [German] (1981)
- Translation: Et le diable vous emporte [French] (1984)
The Identity Matrix (1982)
Downtiming the Night Side (1985)
The Messiah Choice (1985)
The Red Tape War (1991) with George Alec Effinger and Mike Resnick
Priam's Lens (1999) also appeared as:
- Variant: Priam's Lense (2013)
The Moreau Factor (2000) also appeared as:
- Translation: Perigo Genético [Portuguese] (2003)

Collections

Dance Band on the Titanic (1988)
Dancers in the Dark (2002)

Magazine Editor Series

Mirage (fanzine)
- 7 Mirage, #7 (1965) [only as by Jack Chalker]

Anthologies

Hotel Andromeda (1994)

Chapbooks

An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck (1974)

Nonfiction Series

Science-Fantasy Publishers
- The Index to the Science-Fantasy Publishers (1966) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History (1991) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement One, July 1991-June 1992 (1992) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement One, July 1991-June 1993 (1993) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Two, July, 1993-June, 1994 (1994) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Three, July, 1994-June, 1995 (1995) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Four, July, 1995-June, 1996 (1996) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Five, July, 1996-June, 1997 (1997) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-1998 Electronic Edition (1998) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Six, July 1997-June 1998 (1998) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-1999 Electronic Edition (1999) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Seven, July 1998-June 1999 (1999) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-2000 Electronic Edition (2000) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Eight, July 1999-June 2000 (2000) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-2001 Electronic Edition (2001) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Nine, July 2000-June 2001 (2001) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History 1923-2002 Electronic Edition (2002) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Ten, July 2001-June 2002 (2002) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Eleven, July 2002-June 2003 (2003) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Twelve, July 2003-June 2004 (2004) with Mark Owings
- The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Thirteen, July 2004-June 2005 (2005) with Mark Owings

Nonfiction

The New H. P. Lovecraft Bibliography (1962)
In Memoriam: Clark Ashton Smith (1963)
Mirage on Lovecraft: A Literary View (1965)
The Revised H. P. Lovecraft Bibliography (1973) with Mark Owings
On Writing (1991)

Short Fiction

An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck (1974)
Ancestry (1974)
No Hiding Place (1977)
Dance Band on the Titanic (1978) [also as by Jack Chalker]
In the Wilderness (1978) also appeared as:
- Variant: Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness (1988)
About Time ... (Exiles at the Well of Souls) (1978)
The Stormsong Runner (1979) also appeared as:
- Variant: Stormsong Runner (1988)
In the Dowaii Chambers (1984)
Adrift Among the Ghosts (1988) also appeared as:
- Translation: Zwevend temidden van de geesten [Dutch] (1989)
- Translation: Geisterseher der Dritten Art [German] (1989)
- Translation: Alla deriva tra i fantasmi [Italian] (1990)
Moths and Candle (1988)
The Nolacon Visitation (1988) with Patrick H. Adkins and Michael A. Banks and Pat Cadigan and Jayge Carr and Susan Casper and George Alec Effinger and Raymond E. Feist and David Gerrold and Janet Kagan and Michael P. Kube-McDowell and Mike Resnick and Ralph Roberts and Joel Rosenberg and Walter Jon Williams [only as by Patrick H. Adkins and Michael Banks and Pat Cadigan and Jayge Carr and Susan Casper and Jack L. Chalker and George Alec Effinger and Raymond E. Feist and David Gerrold and Janet Kagan and Michael P. Kube-McDowell and Mike Resnick and Ralph Roberts and Joel Rosenberg and Walter Jon Williams]
Now Falls the Cold, Cold Night (1992)

Essay Series

On Specialty Publishing
- Old Testament (1983)
- Modern Times (1983)
- Philadelphia Story (1983)
- Reflections on the Franklin Mint (1983)
- Young Whippersnappers (1983)
- Daddy! (1983)
- Son of Daddy! (1983)
- On Specialty Presses: Correcting Some Odd Ideas ... (1983)
- Random Notes and Conventional Thought (1984)
- Grand Dreams & Little Fish (1984)
- On Small Press Publishing: "Daddy" Dies & The Show Goes On (1984)
- Still More Little Fish (1984)
- The Little Fish Swim On and On (1984)
- The Philadelphia Fables: "The Old Bibliographer's Prologue" (1984)
- On Small Presses: We Didn't Call It "Mirage" For Nothing (1984)
- On Specialty Presses: Mirage Press Bibliographica & Other Stories (1985)
- On Specialty Presses: Advent Bibliographica and Notes on Current Publishing (1985)
- On Specialty Presses: A Look Back at the Basics (1985)
- On Specialty Presses: The State of the Art (1985)
- On Specialty Presses: Criticism and Other Matters (1986)
- Arkham House and Sons: Part One (1986)
- Worldcon Debuts & Other Stories (1986)
- Arkham House & Sons, Part 2 (1986)
- Relections on the Industry (1987)

Essays

Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Bibliography (1966) [only as by Jack Laurence Chalker]
Notes on W. Paul Cook (1968)
The Existing Copies: A Bibliography (1968) [only as by uncredited]
Letter (Locus #14) (1968) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Locus #15) (1968) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Balticonference III (1969) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Locus #27) (1969) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Locus #43) (1969) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Balticonference IV (1970) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Science Fiction Review, January 1971) (1971) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Marcon VI (1971) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Mirage Press News (1971) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Octocon VIII (1971) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Untitled (Publisher News) (1972) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Balticon: Two Views (1973) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Irvin Binkin Meets H. P. Lovecraft (1973) [only as by Jack Chalker]
A Note on Research Sources (An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck) (1974)
Introduction (An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck) (1974)
Letter (Science Fiction Review #14) (1975) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Locus #207) (1977) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Close Encounters - Three Views: Close Encounters of a Spielberg Kind (1978)
Appendix: Races Referred to in Exiles at the Well of Souls (1978)
Letter (Locus #216) (1978) [only as by Jack Chalker]
The Wars of the Well, Part II (Quest for the Well of Souls) (1978)
Introduction (Fancyclopedia II) (1979)
Letter (Locus #230) (1980) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Inside the Whale: Letter in Response to Christopher Priest's Outside the Whale (1980)
Letter (Science Fiction Review #40) (1981)
Author's Note (Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail) (1983)
Hugo Awards Ceremonies and Other Awards (1983) [only as by Jack Chalker]
untitled (The Faces of Science Fiction) (1984)
Author's Afterword (Masters of Flux & Anchor) (1985)
To New and Old Readers of the Soul Rider Saga (1985)
A Prefatory Note from the Author (The Birth of Flux & Anchor) (1985)
Introduction (Sinister Barrier) (1986)
Introduction (Wasp) (1986)
Introduction (Next of Kin) (1986)
Introduction (Three to Conquer) (1986)
Introduction (Sentinels from Space) (1986)
Letter (Science Fiction Chronicle #82) (1986)
Letter (Locus #311) (1986) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Letter (Science Fiction Chronicle #88) (1987)
Letter (Locus #321) (1987)
A Note from the Author for Those Who Came in Late (1988)
Afterwords: On Transformations and Other Last Words (1988)
Brief Biographical Notes for the Interested (1988)
Introduction: The Writing Game (1988)
The Official Jack L. Chalker Handout Bibliography (1988)
Where Do You Get Those Crazy Ideas? (1988)
Prefatory Note (War of the Maelstrom) (1988)
Some Warning for the Reader (1989)
Washington Withdraws Worldcon Bid (1989) with Susan Cohen and Lance Oszko and Jul Owings and Eva Whitley [only as by Jack Chalker and Susan Cohen and Lance Oszko and Jul Owings and Eva Whitley]
Author's Note (The Demons at Rainbow Bridge) (1989)
Author's Note (The Quintara Marathon) (1989)
Introduction (The Adventures of Lucius Leffing) (1990)
A Few Words from the Author (Echoes of the Well of Souls) (1992)
The Night Side (Afterword) (1992)
On Publishing and Personalities: He's Baaaack! (1992)
On Publishing and Personalities: To the Valley of the Sun, Via Canada and New Jersey (1992)
Preface: "Oh, No! Not Another Trilogy' (1994)
Preface (Shadow of the Well of Souls) (1994)
Preface: Oh, No! Not Another Trilogy! (1994)
Gods of the Well of Souls (A Few Words from the Author) (1994)
Maryland Crab Cakes (1996)
Jack Chalker's Baltimore (1998)
Fandom in Baltimore (1998) [only as by Jack Chalker]
Introduction (The Wonder) (1999)
Foreword: Slightly Different (1999)
Foreword: Slightly Different (The Sea Is Full of Stars) (1999)
Eric Frank Russell (Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell) (2000)
Author's Note (Ghost of the Well of Souls) (2000)
Call Him Dead: Introduction (2001)
Next of Kin: Introduction (2001)
Sentinels From Space: Introduction (2001)
Sinister Barrier: Introduction (2001)
Wasp: Introduction (2001)
Preface: A Note from the Author (Dancers in the Dark) (2002)
Epistolary Intercourse #7 (2004) with John Baxter and Avram Davidson and Richard Kyle and Bob Leman and Ethel Lindsay and Steve Stiles and Harry Warner, Jr. [only as by John Baxter and Jack Chalker and Avram Davidson and Richard Kyle and Bob Leman and Ethel Lindsay and Steve Stiles and Harry Warner, Jr.]
What to See Around Baltimore (unknown)

Interviews with This Author

An Interview with Jack Chalker (1980) by Lowell Cunningham and Vicki Pope and Dorothy Guin Tompkins
Interview: Jack Chalker (1984) by Priscilla Lowell
Jack L. Chalker (2003) by Paul Calvin Wilson

Non-Genre Titles

Novels

The Devil's Voyage (1981)

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