George Alec Effinger

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1972
  • Latest Book:
    August 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Infocom

5 - The Zork Chronicles (Jun-1990)

Related Books

1 - When Gravity Fails (Dec-1986)
2 - A Fire in the Sun (Jul-1989)

Multi-Author Series List

Planet of the Apes

Escape to Tomorrow (1974)
Man the Fugitive (1974)

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • What Entropy Means to Me

    Doctor, watch out! As Dore stood by, he saw the Doctor backing slowly into the corner where he would meet his fate. Initially defending himself with a torch, the Doctor searched frantically for a new method of defense. The crimson mass is lunging for...

  • Chains of the Sea

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  • Escape to Tomorrow

    • / Science Fiction
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    Planet of the Apes

    "Savages, they're nothing but savages!" "They must be caught and punished!" "They must be taught their place!" So began the reign of terror. Humans, already en-slaved, were now to be exterminated. The Dragoons, a band of vicious apes, swore to d...

  • Man the Fugitive

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    Planet of the Apes

    In the great tradition of the five APE movies ("Remarkable, original, forceful, memorable and unique!" said Newsday), the brand new CBS-TV APE programs offer the best in science fiction adventure. Here is the first book based on the fascinating TV...

  • Mixed Feelings; Short Stories

  • Journey Into Terror

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    THE DEADLIEST CHOICE OF ALL A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE....OR THE SECRETS OF THE AGES The ancient projector cranks into motion. The old reel begins to unwind. Civilization, human civilization lives. Its secrets unfold before astonished eyes. Then t...

  • Those Gentle Voices

    A novel of first alien contact—and the conspiracy it unveils—from the Hugo Award–winning author of When Gravity Falls. “Because it’s there”—that was why Earth men climbed Mt. Everest and why, in 2017, they s...

  • Irrational numbers

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    The death of a pet fish signals an ominous threat of wordwide tragedy... Delta Company "plays" out a war light years away... A running back for the Cleveland Browns gives his all to relive a night from his past... In IRRATIONAL NUMBERS, as with much ...

  • Felicia

    Someone's about to rip off a sleepy little Louisiana town! Chuck's gang of truckers are geared for looting. When Tom masterminds a false hurricane alert...When sheriff Boshardt orders an evacuation of the town...When Chuck moves in to strip the town ...



  • The Wolves of Memory

  • Idle Pleasures

  • The Nick of Time

    Time travel: been there, done that or at least Frank Mihalik has. On February 17, 1996, Frank discovers the secret to time-travel, or at least he thought he had. He must embark on a voyage through time and space in order to set things right. He must...

  • The Bird of Time

    Hardcover in dust Jacket. First printing. Book is in perfect shape. A well cared for collector's copy. Dust jacket also in perfect shape and housed in mylar cover. Also includes loose-leaf review copy certificate....

  • When Gravity Fails

    Related Books - 1

    In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audran has kept his independence and his identity the hard way. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he is available ...for a price. For a new kind of killer roams the streets of...

  • Glimmer, Glimmer

  • Shadow Money

    While attending college in Michigan, van Eyck concocts a plan to get rich quick by stealing computer tapes containing the payrolls of the three major auto companies and ransoming them back during labor negotiations...

  • A Fire in the Sun

    Related Books - 2

    Once a small-time street hustler in the decadent ghetto called the Budayeen, Marid Audran has become a part of the system he has always despised, cut off from the life he once lived. He's traded his independence and his honor for a position as a cop,...

  • The Zork Chronicles

    Infocom - 5

    With Glorian prodding him ever onward, Mirakles descends into the Great Underground Empire where he encounters Spike the Protector, the Dragon's Lair, the Wizard's Workroom, the winged vampire were-unicorn, and the Warm Boot of Frobozz...

  • The Exile Kiss

    Marîd Audran has risen from hustling on the streets of the decadent Budayeen ghetto to being the right-hand man of one of the Maghreb's most feared men. As an enforcer for the powerful Friedlander Bey, Marîd is just beginning to enjoy his newfou...



  • Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD

    in Chicks in Chainmail

    Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...

  • Trinity: Hope Sacrifice Unity

  • Trinity

    Epic Science Fiction
    In the 22nd century, humanity has ventured to the stars. Yet amid the wonders of this new age, mankind faces many dangers from without and within. Alien races, fractious colonies, contending governments, ruthless corporation...

  • Dirty Tricks

    In these eleven short stories by speculative fiction master George Alec Effinger, New York's populace must deal with the realities of a bipolar existence; patients' brains are cut to tiny pieces in a clinical search for the medical definition of blis...

  • Live! From Planet Earth

    Originally intended to be a collaboration with the author, this collection of the most memorable short stories of the late George Alec Effinger is a tribute from those who best knew his work -- his friends, fellow writers, and editors. In addition to...

  • Futureshocks

    Sixteen renowned masters of speculative fiction share their individual visions of the future of humankind, in an anthology containing all-original short stories by Keven J. Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Sean McMullen, Louise Marley, Mike Resnick, Harry...

  • A Thousand Deaths

    This volume of science fiction thrillers contains a novel and seven short stories centered on the semi-autobiographical character Sandor Courane. The collection’s feature novel, In the Wolves of Memory, paints a world where Earth’s governing body...

  • Budayeen Nights

    A dark and gritty trip into the imagination of one of science fiction's most gifted authors, this collection presents all nine tales of the Budayeen gathered together in one archival-quality volume, available for the fi...

  • Heroics

    In HEROICS, Irene--like everyone in the future--struggles with boredom. Food, clothing, and all the necessities of human life have been taken care of. But, what does that leave of life itself? At eighty-two, Irene sets out on a pilgrimage across Amer...

  • Berlin!

    Available for the first time as an ebook pairing, these two short stories serve as a wonderful glimpse into the mind of multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominee George Alec Effinger, a singular talent in the world of SF.In THE ALIENS WHO KNEW, I MEAN, ...



  • Death in Florence

    In a wild and crazy novel composed equally of black humor and deep, humane insight, George Alec Effinger strips away the veneer of civilization, revealing the deep truths by which we all live. Without the culture we have accumulated, existence is som...

  • Relatives

    Three slightly different versions of the same man inhabit three radically different versions of our world in this novel by a Nebula Award winner. Ernest Weinraub, Ernst Weinraub, Ernst Weintraub—three slightly different versions of the same nam...

  • The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything & Target: Berlin!

    These two short stories serve as a wonderful glimpse into the mind of multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominee George Alec Effinger, a singular talent in the world of SF. In The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything , benevolent aliens have arrived on ...

  • The Budayeen Cycle

    The complete Hugo and Nebula Award"nominated cyberpunk trilogy by an author whose work is “wry and black and savage” (George R. R. Martin). Praised as “a perfect example of how exciting the subgenre can and should be,” George Alec Effinger...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

George Alec Effinger has published 33 books.

George Alec Effinger does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Budayeen Cycle, was published in August 2017.

The first book by George Alec Effinger, What Entropy Means to Me, was published in June 1972.

Yes. George Alec Effinger has 2 series.
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