David Gerrold

David Gerrold Jerrold David Friedman was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois on January 24, 1944. He went to Van Nuys High School and was in the first graduating class of Ulysses S. Grant High School. He writes under the name of David Gerrold and is a screenwriter and author, writing science fiction.

The best place to start is the Star Trek Fotonovel series, the earliest of David Gerrold's multi-book series: it opens with Amok Time (1967) and runs to 11 books across 1967–1982, ending with Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982). David Gerrold's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

David Gerrold has 304 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1967 and 2026. 221 of them belong to 16 named series — the largest being the Star Trek Adventures series with 17 books — and 83 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. David Gerrold's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Star Trek Fotonovel (1967–1982, 11 books), Star Trek Adventures (1970–1981, 17 books) and Yesterday's Children/Star Wolf (1972–2000, 4 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits David Gerrold's 304 books into 16 named series and 83 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Star Trek Adventures (17 books, 1970–1981); Star Trek Fotonovel (11 books, 1967–1982); Alternatives (9 books, 2017–2025); Millenium (9 books, 1986–1989); The War Against the Chtorr (5 books, 1983–2015), plus 11 further series.