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James Blish

James Blish was a science fiction and fantasy author born in 1921 and who passed away in 1975. He is most recognized for his Cities in Flight and After Such Knowledge series. His initial published works appeared in magazines such as Super Science Stories and Amazing Stories, but he later transitioned to writing novels. Blish received the Hugo Award for the first novel in the After Such Knowledge series, A Case of Conscience. In addition to writing under his own name, he also used the pen names Donald Laverty, John MacDougal, and Arthur Lloyd Merlyn, and he was active as a literary critic.

James Blish became a published novelist in 1952 with the novel Jack of Eagles. Below is a list of James Blish's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Cities in Flight Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthman, Come Home (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Life for the Stars (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of After Such Knowledge Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Case of Conscience (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doctor Mirabilis (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Easter (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Day After Judgment (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Heart Stars Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Doctor Mirabilis (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black Easter (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Day After Judgment (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Case of Conscience (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Haertel Scholium Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Star Dwellers (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mission to the Heart Stars (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Star Trek Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
So Close to Home (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Welcome to Mars (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anywhen (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Midsummer Century (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Quincunx of Time (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Star Trek: The Classic Episodes Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Star Trek Reader (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Star Trek: TOS Adaptations Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 1 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 2 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Volume 3 (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Star Trek Reader I (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Trek Reader II (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Trek Reader III (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star Trek Reader IV (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Jack of Eagles (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Warriors of Day (1953) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Frozen Year / Fallen Star (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vor (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The duplicated man (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Titan's Daughter (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Night Shapes (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Torrent of Faces (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Giants in the Earth (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Vanished Jet (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And All the Stars a Stage (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Thing in the Attic (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One-Shot (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Seedling Stars (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galactic Cluster (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Testament of Andros (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of James Blish (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Works of Art (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Work of Art and Other Stories (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
With All of Love (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In This World, or Another (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flights of Eagles (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Star Trek Adventures Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Issue at Hand (As: William Atheling Jr.) (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Issues At Hand (As: William Atheling Jr.) (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tale That Wags the God (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Spock Must Die! (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Trek: The New Voyages (By: Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Spock, Messiah! (By: Theodore R. Cogswell) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Trek 12 (By: J.A. Lawrence) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Price of the Phoenix (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Planet of Judgment (By: Joe Haldeman) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mudd's Angels (By: J.A. Lawrence) (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vulcan! (By: Kathleen Sky) (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Starless World (By: Gordon Eklund) (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trek to Madworld (By: Stephen Goldin) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
World Without End (By: Joe Haldeman) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fate of the Phoenix (By: Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Devil World (By: Gordon Eklund) (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Perry's Planet (By: Jack C. Haldeman II) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Galactic Whirlpool (By: David Gerrold) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death's Angel (By: Kathleen Sky) (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (With: Poul Anderson,Clifford D. Simak,Fritz Leiber,Harry Harrison,Roger Dee,Anthony Gilmore,Robert Hoskins,Richard Rein Smith) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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