Laurence M. Janifer (1933–2002)
Author of The Impossibles
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Janifer wrote books under the following names:
Tom Beach as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Alfred Blake as of 2/13 the only books entered in LibraryThing under this author name belong to Janifer so the author is combined here.
Andrew Blake as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Larry M. Harris as of 2/13 the only books entered in LibraryThing under this author name belong to Janifer so the author is combined here.
William Logan as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Mark Phillips - Laurence M. Janifer and Randall Garrett wrote novels under this joint pen-name.
Barbara Wilson as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Series
Works by Laurence M. Janifer
Tonight We Steal the Stars / The Wagered World (Ace Double, 81680) (1969) — Author — 72 copies, 1 review
Mex 3 copies
Fire Sale [short story] 2 copies
The Question [short story] 2 copies
The Final Gear 1 copy
18 Greatest SciFi Stories 1 copy
Amfortas {short story} 1 copy
The Pickled Poodles 1 copy
Masters' Choice 1 copy
The gift 1 copy
The Bed and I 1 copy
Associated Works
Bug-Eyed Monsters: 13 Stories of Dripping, Creeping, Gurgling, Purling, Trilling, Oozing, Seeping, Gushing Deadly Monsters (1980) — Contributor — 78 copies, 2 reviews
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 5 (July 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 23 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCII, No. 1 (September 1973) (1973) — Contributor — 22 copies
Short Science Fiction Collection 004 5 copies
Short Science Fiction Collection 045 2 copies
Short Science Fiction Collection 043 — Author — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Janifer, Laurence M.
- Legal name
- Harris, Laurence Mark
- Other names
- Harris, Larry M.
Beach, Tom
Blake, Alfred
Blake, Andrew
Logan, William
Phillips, Mark (with Randall Garrett) (show all 7)
Wilson, Barbara - Birthdate
- 1933-03-17
- Date of death
- 2002-07-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Oakland, California, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Janifer wrote books under the following names:
Tom Beach as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Alfred Blake as of 2/13 the only books entered in LibraryThing under this author name belong to Janifer so the author is combined here.
Andrew Blake as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Larry M. Harris as of 2/13 the only books entered in LibraryThing under this author name belong to Janifer so the author is combined here.
William Logan as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here.
Mark Phillips - Laurence M. Janifer and Randall Garrett wrote novels under this joint pen-name.
Barbara Wilson as of 2/13 none of Janifer's books written under this name are currently in LibraryThing. Any that are added will need to be split and aliased here. - Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
Along with [b:Surrender|15727045|Surrender|Robb White|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1340930369s/15727045.jpg|2368697] and [b:Combat Nurses of World War II|4916266|Combat Nurses of World War II (Landmark Books #116)|Wyatt Blassingame|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1223148841s/4916266.jpg|4981818] and [b:Two Dogs and a Horse|1901769|Two Dogs and a Horse|Jim Kjelgaard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1234807478s/1901769.jpg|1903462], this is one of the most formative books of my early childhood. A show more product of its times, this novel is without a doubt xenophobic and racist and nationalist, the way John Wayne movies are xenophobic and racist and nationalist. So I'm ashamed to still love it. But like the Star Spangled Banner this book gets to me every time, even when I remind myself that I'm the victim of early thought control. My most beloved scene of all time is in this novel, when Marines escape from a sunken submarine by continuously blowing out the pressurized air out of their lungs while gently floating to the surface, supposedly never running out of air even though the journey takes six minutes. I have no idea if that would work but it's a great scene. show less
This is definitely of it's time. Gerald Knave is a survivor, a man who will do what it takes to survive and has a knack for survival. He's taking a well-earned break on the planet Cub VI when things go from ideal to all-out battle with the telepathic inhabitants of the planet, and of course things follow the inevitable hero of the '70s path and there are very little questions asked about the ethics of the whole thing.
There are some dated info-dumps but overall it held my attention for as show more long as it took to read it, and that's not a bad thing, it did leave a bad "colonists good, natives bad" taste afterwards though. show less
There are some dated info-dumps but overall it held my attention for as show more long as it took to read it, and that's not a bad thing, it did leave a bad "colonists good, natives bad" taste afterwards though. show less
Very early Randall Garrett, and a guilty pleasure. The Greek Gods have returned to Earth after a 3-millenium absence, and William Forrester, acolyte of Athena, is suddenly swept up by religious police and plunged headfirst into a set of trials that will reveal not only his own heart, but the inner secrets of the Gods themselves!
Someone with infinite patience should review this book. Someone who was able to read the entire book. As that is not likely I will review it.
This is my first book by Janifer. He was a American author who wrote several SF novels under various names in the 1960s-70s. He had several short stories in the last of the SF pulp magazines. He also wrote a few trashy pulps under a women's name.
Based on reviews this was not his most popular novel. I refused to finish it. It's a 150 pages of following show more a cruel, animalist society. According to the blurb some of the characters will try to regain a sense of humanity by the end of the book. I couldn't wait that long. If the whole planet had been destroyed in the last chapter I would have a hamburger with extra fries. show less
This is my first book by Janifer. He was a American author who wrote several SF novels under various names in the 1960s-70s. He had several short stories in the last of the SF pulp magazines. He also wrote a few trashy pulps under a women's name.
Based on reviews this was not his most popular novel. I refused to finish it. It's a 150 pages of following show more a cruel, animalist society. According to the blurb some of the characters will try to regain a sense of humanity by the end of the book. I couldn't wait that long. If the whole planet had been destroyed in the last chapter I would have a hamburger with extra fries. show less
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