HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

George Alec Effinger (1947–2002)

Author of When Gravity Fails

Includes the names: O. Niemand, George Alec, George Effinger, Geo. Alec Effinger, George A. Effinger, George Al Effinger, George A. Effinger, George Ale Effinger, George Aled Effinger, George Alee Effinger ... (see complete list), George Alex Effinger, George Alec Effinger, George Alec Effinger George Effinger, Джордж Алек Эффинджер

MembersReviewsPopularityRatingFavorited   Events   
5,219 (19,528)2334,718 (3.62)11
Series
organize | filter
Works by George Alec Effinger
When Gravity Fails 1,435 copies, 33 reviews
A Fire in the Sun 780 copies, 13 reviews
The Exile Kiss 586 copies, 9 reviews
Maureen Birnbaum: Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories 246 copies, 4 reviews
Budayeen Nights 199 copies, 2 reviews
Red Tape War (Author) 176 copies, 1 review
The Zork Chronicles 171 copies, 2 reviews
What Entropy Means to Me 168 copies, 2 reviews
Trinity 154 copies, 1 review
Nightmare Blue (Author) 101 copies
The Wolves Of Memory 96 copies
Chains of the Sea (Author) 95 copies
Those Gentle Voices 88 copies, 3 reviews
The Nick of Time 81 copies
Live! From Planet Earth (Author) 72 copies, 1 review
The Audran Sequence 69 copies, 2 reviews
The Bird of Time 60 copies
Death in Florence 53 copies
Relatives 46 copies
A Thousand Deaths 45 copies, 1 review
Planet of the Apes: Man the Fugitive 39 copies
Schrödinger's Kitten [short fiction] 39 copies, 3 reviews
Idle Pleasures 36 copies, 1 review
Planet of the Apes: Journey Into Terror 30 copies
Proteus: Voices for the 80's 29 copies
Planet of the Apes: Escape to Tomorrow 29 copies
Dirty Tricks 28 copies, 1 review
Irrational Numbers 28 copies
Heroics 19 copies
The Old Funny Stuff 18 copies
Felicia 17 copies
Mixed Feelings 16 copies
Look Away 12 copies
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything and Target: Berlin!: Stories 11 copies
The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything [short story] 11 copies
Haunt of Horror, Volume 1, No.1 (Editor) 9 copies
Shadow Money 8 copies
All the last wars at once [short fiction] 7 copies
Planet of the Apes: Lord of the Apes 6 copies
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordperson 4 copies
Heartstop 4 copies
The City On The Sand [novelette] 4 copies
Maureen Birnbaum Barbarian Swordsperson [Short Story] 3 copies
King of the Cyber Rifles 3 copies
Maureen Birnbaum After Dark 3 copies
Maureen Birnbaum at the Looming Awfulness 3 copies
Marid Changes His Mind 3 copies
Maureen Birnbaum At The Earth's Core 3 copies
The Reinvention Of War 2 copies
Slow Slow Burn 2 copies
Marid And The Trail Of Blood 2 copies
Naked to the Invisible Eye [novelette] 2 copies
The Musgrave Version [short story] 2 copies
Marid Throws A Party 2 copies
The World as We Know It {short story} 2 copies
Der Mars braucht Beatniks. Phantastische Geschichten, Satiren und… 2 copies
The Plastic Pasha 2 copies
Unferno 2 copies
One 2 copies
Hermanos 2 copies
Everything but Honor 2 copies, 1 review
Seven Nights in Slumberland 2 copies
The Origin of the Polarizer 2 copies
Double Dribble 2 copies
Maureen Birnbaum on the Art of War [Horseclans] 2 copies
Maureen Birnbaum Goes Shopynge [Muffy Birnbaum Goes Shopynge] 2 copies
Maureen Birnbaum and the Saint Graal 2 copies
Maureen Birnbaum's Lunar Adventure [revised] 2 copies
The Mothers' March on Ecstasy 2 copies
A Fish Dinner in Memison 1 copy
Neil and Buzz in Space and Time: Number One 1 copy
The Worm Oroboros 1 copy
The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays [short story] 1 copy
Mistress of Mistresses 1 copy
The Mezentian Gate 1 copy
Maureen Birnbaum Pokes an Eye Out {short story} 1 copy
Marid Changes Her Mind 1 copy
THE OLD FUNNY STUFF [AUTHOR'S CHOICE MONTHLY ISSUE ONE or as 1,… 1 copy
Sand and Stones 1 copy
Irresistible {novelette] 1 copy
Timmy Was Eight 1 copy
The Awesome Menace of the Polarizer 1 copy
Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD [short story] 1 copy
The Pinch-Hitters 1 copy
Why Socialists Don't Believe in Fun 1 copy
"World War II" (in Alpha 7) 1 copy
Maureen Birnbaum on a Hot Tin Roof 1 copy
New New York New Orleans 1 copy
Contentment Satisfaction Cheer Well-Being Gladness Joy Comfort and Not… 1 copy
Strange Ragged Saintliness 1 copy
Live from Berchtesgaden 1 copy
Things Go Better {short story} 1 copy
B.K.A. The Master 1 copy
Chase Our Blues Away 1 copy
The Last Full Measure 1 copy
Two Sadnesses 1 copy
Aeon 1 copy
Prince Pat [short fiction] 1 copy
Walking Gods 1 copy
The Ghost Writer 1 copy
How It Felt 1 copy
Ibid 1 copy
The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie 1 copy
organize | filter
Also by George Alec Effinger
The Sandman: Book of Dreams (Contributor) 2,002 copies, 20 reviews
Tales from Jabba's Palace (Contributor) 1,235 copies, 12 reviews
Chicks in Chainmail (Contributor) 717 copies, 10 reviews
Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov (Contributor) 517 copies, 2 reviews
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (Contributor) 431 copies, 7 reviews
The Further Adventures of Batman (Contributor) 334 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (Contributor) 329 copies, 2 reviews
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (Contributor) 288 copies, 4 reviews
Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (Contributor) 288 copies, 5 reviews
Study War No More: A Selection of Alternatives (Contributor) 251 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection (Author) 245 copies, 2 reviews
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (Contributor) 238 copies, 3 reviews
The 1989 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 232 copies, 1 review
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 231 copies, 2 reviews
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (Contributor) 226 copies, 3 reviews
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (Contributor) 211 copies, 3 reviews
The 1986 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 210 copies, 1 review
Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1) (Contributor) 205 copies, 2 reviews
Modern Classics of Fantasy (Contributor) 201 copies, 1 review
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (Contributor) 175 copies, 2 reviews
New Legends (Contributor) 170 copies, 2 reviews
Sisters of the Night (Contributor) 168 copies, 4 reviews
The Ultimate Frankenstein (Contributor) 165 copies, 4 reviews
The Ruins of Earth (Contributor) 159 copies, 2 reviews
The Further Adventures of the Joker (Contributor) 153 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 (Contributor) 140 copies
Alternate Kennedys (Contributor) 139 copies, 2 reviews
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (Contributor) 128 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here To Forever (Author) 127 copies
Universe 7 (Contributor) 124 copies
Alien Contact (Contributor) 124 copies, 3 reviews
The New Hugo Winners, Volume III (Contributor) 124 copies, 2 reviews
Alternate Warriors (Contributor) 124 copies, 2 reviews
Universe 5 (Contributor) 113 copies
Magic in Ithkar 2 (Contributor) 112 copies
Universe 3 (Contributor) 110 copies, 1 review
Prophets in Hell (Contributor) 108 copies, 2 reviews
New Dimensions 3 (Contributor) 107 copies, 1 review
The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood (Contributor) 92 copies, 1 review
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (Contributor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 5 (Contributor) 89 copies, 1 review
Orbit 11 (Contributor) 89 copies
My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective (Contributor) 88 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 (Contributor) 87 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Science… (Contributor) 87 copies, 1 review
The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine (Contributor) 87 copies
Orbit 10 (Contributor) 85 copies, 2 reviews
Alternate Outlaws (Contributor) 84 copies, 1 review
Isaac's Universe, Volume 2: Phases in Chaos (Contributor) 84 copies
Isaac's Universe, Volume 3: Unnatural Diplomacy (Contributor) 81 copies, 2 reviews
Universe 1 (Contributor) 79 copies
Tarot Fantastic (Contributor) 73 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #14 (Contributor) 73 copies, 3 reviews
Alpha 5 (Contributor) 71 copies
New Dimensions 2 (Author) 71 copies, 1 review
Betcha Can't Read Just One (Contributor) 71 copies
Future power: A science fiction anthology (Contributor) 67 copies
Aladdin: Master of the Lamp (Contributor) 65 copies, 1 review
Best From Orbit Volumes 1-10 (Contributor) 65 copies, 1 review
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
Deals with the Devil (Contributor) 62 copies, 2 reviews
More Whatdunits (Contributor) 60 copies
Clarion (Contributor) 59 copies, 1 review
Confederacy of the Dead (Contributor) 59 copies, 3 reviews
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy… (Contributor) 56 copies
Clarion II (Contributor) 55 copies, 2 reviews
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humour (Contributor) 55 copies, 3 reviews
Fellowship of the Stars (Contributor) 52 copies
Chicks Ahoy! (Contributor) 51 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (Contributor) 51 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12 (Contributor) 49 copies
Science Fiction Contemporary Mythology (Contributor) 45 copies
Alpha 7 (Contributor) 45 copies, 1 review
Introductory Psychology through Science Fiction (Contributor) 44 copies
Inside the Funhouse: 17 Sf Stories About Sf (Contributor) 42 copies
Visitations of the Night (Grails) (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
By Any Other Fame (Contributor) 41 copies, 1 review
The Best Of New Dimensions (Author) 39 copies
The Night Fantastic (Contributor) 38 copies
Future Crime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come (Contributor) 38 copies
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (Contributor) 36 copies
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (Contributor) 36 copies
New Voices I: The Campbell Award Nominees 34 copies, 1 review
Conqueror Fantastic (Contributor) 32 copies, 2 reviews
Windows Into Tomorrow (Contributor) 32 copies
The Complete Masters of Darkness (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Mars (Contributor) 29 copies
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy… (Contributor) 26 copies
Ascents of Wonder (Contributor) 26 copies
Tropical Chills (Contributor) 24 copies, 1 review
Bad Moon Rising (Contributor) 23 copies
The New Mind (Anthology 9-in-1) (Contributor) 23 copies
New Dimensions 6 (Contributor) 23 copies
Future Games (Contributor) 22 copies
Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre (Contributor) 22 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 1 [January 1984] (Contributor) 18 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCI, No. 3 (May 1973) (Contributor) 18 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 11, No. 13 [Mid-December… (Contributor) 15 copies
Univers 03 (Contributor) 14 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1985, Vol. 69, No. 6 (Contributor) 14 copies
The Arts and beyond: Visions of man's aesthetic future (Contributor) 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1984, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Author) 13 copies
Hiroshima soll leben. Die schönsten Alternativwelt- Geschichten. (Contributor) 13 copies
South From Midnight (Contributor) 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1988, Vol. 75, No. 5 (Author) 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1983, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Contributor) 10 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (Contributor) 10 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1986, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Author) 9 copies
Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns (Contributor) 9 copies
Run to starlight: Sports through science fiction (Contributor) 6 copies
Die Welt , die Dienstag war (Contributor) 5 copies
Worlds near and far: Nine stories of science fiction and fantasy (Contributor) 5 copies
Papa Godzilla (Contributor) 4 copies
New Dimensions No. 13 (Contributor) 4 copies
80年代SF傑作選〈上〉 (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (Contributor) 1 copy
Members

Top members (books)

Member favorites

Members: amweb, Hephaestus63, adamconnell, private member, Codexus, yeschaton, bevandjohn, private member, snowsim, bilbette, jmeisen

Related tags
alternate history (200) anthology (2,023) Batman (69) collection (114) comics (65) cyberpunk (262) ebook (118) fantasy (1,232) fiction (1,608) George Alec Effinger (59) graphic novel (55) hardcover (96) horror (132) humor (197) Marid Audran (49) Middle East (43) mmpb (50) mystery (119) Neil Gaiman (34) novel (71) own (41) owned (43) paperback (170) PB (47) read (198) RPG (42) sandman (147) science fiction (2,994) Science Fiction/Fantasy (95) series (56) sf (1,038) sff (213) Sherlock Holmes (74) short fiction (81) short stories (1,164) speculative fiction (66) Star Wars (294) stories (63) to-read (591) unread (176)
history
Common Knowledge
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical name
Legal name
Effinger, George Alec
Other names
Effinger, Alex
Niemand, O.
Diomede, John K.
Doenim, Susan
Date of birth
1947-01-10
Date of death
2002-04-27
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Place of death
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education
Yale University
Occupations
science fiction writer
Relationships
Hambly, Barbara (wife|divorced)
Agents
Richard Curtis Associates
Organizations
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Awards and honors
Short biography
Disambiguation notice

Links

Member ratings

Average: (3.62)
0.5 7
1 37
1.5 8
2 152
2.5 72
3 689
3.5 172
4 833
4.5 59
5 396

Improve this author

Combine/separate works

Author division

George Alec Effinger is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.

Includes

George Alec Effinger is composed of 15 names. You can examine and separate out names.

Combine with…

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 194,704,936 books! | Top bar: Always visible
Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc.