Keith Laumer (1925–1993)
Author of A Plague of Demons
About the Author
Keith Laumer was born John Keith Laumer in Syracuse, New York on June 9, 1925. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. diplomat. He is best known for the Bolo stories and Retief series. His other works include The Other Side of Time, A Trace of Memory, show more Dinosaur Beach, and A Plague of Demons. He suffered a stroke in 1971, which negatively affected the quality of his work and his career declined. He was also a model airplane enthusiast, and published two dozen designs between 1956 and 1962 in the magazines Air Trails, Model Airplane News, Flying Models, and Aero Modeler. In 1960, he published How to Design and Build Flying Models. He died on January 23, 1993 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Keith Laumer
Prototaph 7 copies
The Hounds of Hell 7 copies
Once There Was A Giant [short story] 4 copies
Hybrid 4 copies
The Castle Of Light 4 copies
The Brass God 4 copies
Palace Revolution 3 copies
Protocol 3 copies
Policy 3 copies
Worldmaster 3 copies
The Devil You Don't 3 copies
Native Intelligence 3 copies
Wicker Wonderland 3 copies
Ballots And Bandits 3 copies
Sealed Orders 3 copies
Mechanical Advantage 3 copies
Giant Killer 3 copies
The Planet Wreckers 3 copies
The Forest In The Sky 3 copies
The Other Sky [short story] 2 copies
Pime Doesn't Cray 2 copies
Dam Nuisance 2 copies
The Forbidden City 2 copies
Grime And Punishment 2 copies
The Keith Laumer SciFi Collection, Greylorn, It Could Be Anything, Gambler's World, Retief: The Yillian Way (2011) 2 copies
A Trip To The City 2 copies
Goobereality 2 copies
The Exterminator 2 copies
Message To An Alien 2 copies
Niss Soul Buyer 2 copies
Mind Out Of Time 2 copies
The Lawgiver {short story} 2 copies
Protest Note 2 copies
Internal Affair 2 copies
Founder's Day 2 copies
The Body Builders 2 copies
The Prince And The Pirate 2 copies
Trick Or Treaty 2 copies
Fantalmanacco 2 copies
Placement Test 2 copies
The Troubleshooter 2 copies
Ultimatum 2 copies
Three Blind Mice 2 copies
The Piecemakers 2 copies
The Hoob Melon Crisis 2 copies
Gambler's World and Other Works by Keith Laumer (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 2 copies
Devil You Don't 1 copy
Choice 1 copy
The All-Together Planet 1 copy
The Governor of Glave 1 copy
The Madman From Earth 1 copy
The Choice 1 copy
Mightiest Qorn 1 copy
Body Builders 1 copy
Der Mann vom CDT: Fünf neue Planetenabenteuer mit James Retief, dem Diplomaten der Galaxis (1971) 1 copy
Bolos: Last Stand, Honor of the Regiment, Unconquerable, Triumphant, and Complete Bolo (1995) 1 copy
Overpopulation 1 copy
Keith Laumer's Retief 1 copy
ll Clandestino dei Mondi 1 copy
King Of the City 1 copy
Corrup©ʹ©Đo nas gal©Łxias 1 copy
Colony 1 copy
Corrupção nas Galáxias 1 copy
Exterminator 1 copy
Minaccia Dagli Hukk 1 copy
Planet Wreckers 1 copy
The Half Man 1 copy
Bolos Series - Five books: Bolos I: Honor of the Regiment, Bolos II: The Unconquerable, Bolos III: The Triumphant,… (2001) 1 copy
The Time Bender; The World Shuffler; The Shape Changer; The Galaxy Builder (Lafayette O'Leary) (1966) 1 copy
De onnavolgbare 1 copy
Truce Or Consequences 1 copy
The Plague 1 copy
Birthday Party 1 copy
Keith Laumer's Retief #1 1 copy
The Wonderful Secret 1 copy
Retief: Issue 1 1 copy
Retief Sealed Orders 1 copy
Retief Piecemakers 1 copy
Retief Saline Solution 1 copy
Retief Retief's War 1 copy
Retief Retief's Ransom 1 copy
Retief Protocol 1 copy
Retief Protest Note 1 copy
Retief Prince and the Pirate 1 copy
Retief Policy 1 copy
Retief Pime Doesn't Cray 1 copy
Retief Palace Revolution 1 copy
Retief Aide Memoire 1 copy
Retief Wicker Wonderland 1 copy
Retief Ultimatum 1 copy
The Big Show [short story] 1 copy
Le Stelle Aspetteranno 1 copy
Drowned Queen, The 1 copy
Associated Works
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,879 copies
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 3: Cosmic Knights (1954) — Contributor — 121 copies
The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960's (The Mammoth Book Series) (1991) — Author — 60 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 10 (October 1977) (1977) — Contributor — 26 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 9 (September 1977) (1977) — Contributor — 25 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 2 (February 1975) (1975) — Contributor — 21 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 1 [January-February 1978] (1978) — Author — 15 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 152, January/February 1971 (Vol. 20, No. 9) (1971) — Contributor — 11 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 153, March/April 1971 (Vol. 20, No. 10) (1971) — Contributor — 9 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 156, September/October 1971 (Vol. 21, No. 1) (1971) — Contributor — 8 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
Die besten Stories aus The magazine of fantasy and science fiction. Folge 24. Der letzte Krieg (1969) — Author, some editions — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Laumer, Keith
- Legal name
- Laumer, John Keith
- Other names
- LeBaron, Anthony
- Birthdate
- 1925-06-09
- Date of death
- 1993-01-23
- Burial location
- Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Brooksville, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- Brooksville, Florida, USA
- Education
- Indiana University
Stockholm University
University of Illinois (BA - Architecture) - Occupations
- science fiction writer
- Relationships
- Laumer, March (brother)
Laumer, Frank (brother) - Organizations
- United States Army (1943 - 1946)
United States Air Force (1953 - 1956, 1960 - 1965)
United States Foreign Service (vice-consul & 3rd secretary in Rangoon, Burma, 1956 - 1958)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Agent
- Robert P. Mills
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Statistics
- Works
- 262
- Also by
- 64
- Members
- 15,434
- Popularity
- #1,470
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 208
- ISBNs
- 418
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 16
- Touchstones
- 123
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