E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern

E.C. Tubb was a reputed British author of science fiction, western, and fantasy novels. He has penned more than 140 novels and over 230 short stories & novellas. Author Tubb is particularly famous for writing the Cap Kennedy series, The Dumarest Saga, and Space 1999 series.

The best place to start is the John Russell Fearn Short Stories/Novellas series, the earliest of E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern's multi-book series: it opens with The Intelligence Gigantic (1943) and runs to 78 books across 1943–2023, ending with Inner Cosmos (2023). E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern has 221 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1943 and 2025. 137 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the John Russell Fearn Short Stories/Novellas series with 78 books — and 84 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. E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are John Russell Fearn Short Stories/Novellas (1943–2023, 78 books), Dumarest of Terra (1967–2008, 33 books) and Cap Kennedy (1973–1983, 17 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits E.C. Tubb / Gregory Kern's 221 books into 5 named series and 84 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: John Russell Fearn Short Stories/Novellas (78 books, 1943–2023); Dumarest of Terra (33 books, 1967–2008); Cap Kennedy (17 books, 1973–1983); Space: 1999 (6 books, 1975–2010); The Gladiators (3 books, 1975–1978).