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ⓘ About Eleanor Arnason
Eleanor Arnason is a published American author of fiction known for her science fiction books and her short stories. She was born on December 28, 1942 in Manhattan. She got her career started early when her first published story was featured in New Worlds in 1973. It is titled “A Clear Day in the Motor City”. The author grew up in various cities around the world, from Paris to London, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Honolulu. Today the author resides in Minnesota. She attended Swarthmore College where she would graduate with her BA in art history. She went to the University of Minnesota to do grad work before she stopped and dropped out so she could learn more about life outside of colleges and art museums.
All Book Series by Eleanor Arnason
Big Red Mama in Time and Morris, Minnesota
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2013
Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2016
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 1980 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Alan Dean Foster,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
Book 2 of 19 · published 1981 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own
Book 3 of 19 · published 1983 Anthology · Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!
Book 4 of 19 · published 1989 Anthology · Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen
Isaac Asimov's Aliens
Book 5 of 19 · published 1991 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Robots
Book 6 of 19 · published 1991 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite
Book 7 of 19 · published 1993 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford
Isaac Asimov's War
Book 8 of 19 · published 1993 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams
Book 9 of 19 · published 1994 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep
Book 10 of 19 · published 1995 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts
Book 11 of 19 · published 1995 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson
Isaac Asimov's Christmas
Book 12 of 19 · published 1997 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Camelot
Book 13 of 19 · published 1998 Co-authored · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Detectives
Book 14 of 19 · published 1998 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves
Book 15 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Solar System
Book 16 of 19 · published 1999 Anthology · Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Utopias
Book 17 of 19 · published 2000 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Father Day
Book 18 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois
Isaac Asimov's Halloween
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2001 Anthology · Isaac Asimov
The Presidential Papers
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1984 Anthology · John H. Kessel
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Book 9 of 32 · published 2011 Co-authored · Cory Doctorow
Report from Planet Midnight
Book 11 of 32 · published 2012 Co-authored · Nalo Hopkinson
The Science of Herself
Book 12 of 32 · published 2013 Co-authored · Karen Joy Fowler
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials
Book 13 of 32 · published 2013 Co-authored · Paul Krassner
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be
Book 18 of 32 · published 2016 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
The Atheist in the Attic
Book 21 of 32 · published 2018 Co-authored · Samuel R. Delany
Thoreau's Microscope
Book 22 of 32 · published 2018 Co-authored · Michael Blumlein
Utopias of the Third Kind
Book 28 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Collapsing Frontier
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
She is Here
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Nicola Griffith
Spock Must Die!
Series opener · book 1 of 17 · published 1970 Anthology · James Blish
Star Trek: The New Voyages
Book 2 of 17 · published 1976 Co-authored · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
The Price of the Phoenix
Book 5 of 17 · published 1977 Anthology · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
Book 7 of 17 · published 1977 Anthology · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
The Fate of the Phoenix
Book 13 of 17 · published 1979 Anthology · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
The Galactic Whirlpool
Book 16 of 17 · published 1980 Anthology · David Gerrold
Death's Angel
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 1981 Anthology · Kathleen Sky
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Book 5 of 33 · published 1976 Co-authored · Ruth Berman
A Brief History of the Order of St. Cyprian the Athlete
Book 11 of 33 · published 1992
Poem Written After I Read an Article Which Argued That Birds Are Descended From Dinosaurs
Book 6 of 17 · published 1988
On Seeing Bellini\'s Opera The Capulets and Montagues...
Book 16 of 17 · published 2003
The Land of Ordinary People
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 2005
Moorcock's Book of Martyrs / Dying for Tomorrow
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 1976 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
The Prince with the Silver Hand
Book 4 of 16 · published 1978 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
My Experiences in the Third World War
Book 5 of 16 · published 1980 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Tales from the Texas Woods
Book 7 of 16 · published 1997 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
The Metatemporal Detective
Book 9 of 16 · published 2007 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
The Best of Michael Moorcock
Book 10 of 16 · published 2009 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Sojan the Swordsman / Under the Warrior Star
Book 11 of 16 · published 2010 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Moorcock's Multiverse
Book 13 of 16 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Breakfast in the Ruins and Other Stories
Book 14 of 16 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Travelling to Utopia
Book 15 of 16 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Other Stories
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Moorcock
Alien Bootlegger
Series opener · book 1 of 112 · published 1993 Anthology · Rebecca Ore
The Grand Conversation: Essays
Book 4 of 112 · published 2004 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor: A Narrative Poem
Book 7 of 112 · published 2005 Anthology · Anne Sheldon
The Red Rose Rages : A Short Novel
Book 9 of 112 · published 2005 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies
Book 10 of 112 · published 2006 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
Candle in a Bottle
Book 11 of 112 · published 2006 Anthology · Carolyn Ives Gilman
Making Love in Madridla
Book 14 of 112 · published 2007 Anthology · Kimberly Todd Wade
Naomi Mitchison: A Profile of Her Life and Work
Book 15 of 112 · published 2007 Anthology · Lesley A. Hall
Aliens of the Heart
Book 17 of 112 · published 2007 Anthology · Carolyn Ives Gilman
Voices from Fairyland
Book 18 of 112 · published 2008 Anthology · Theodora Goss
De Secretis Mulierum
Book 19 of 112 · published 2008 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
The Buonarotti Quartet
Book 21 of 112 · published 2009 Anthology · Gwyneth Jones
Slightly Behind And To The Left: Four Stories And Three Drabbles
Book 22 of 112 · published 2009 Anthology · Claire Light
Three Observations and a Dialogue
Book 23 of 112 · published 2010 Anthology · Sylvia Kelso
Through the Drowsy Dark
Book 24 of 112 · published 2010 Anthology · Rachel Swirsky
Slightly Behind and to the Left
Book 25 of 112 · published 2010 Anthology · Claire Light
Shotgun Lullabies
Book 26 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Sheree Renée Thomas
The Red Rose Rages
Book 28 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
The Grand Conversation
Book 29 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
Of Love And Other Monstersla
Book 30 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Vandana Singh
The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor
Book 32 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Anne Sheldon
Making Love in Madrid
Book 36 of 112 · published 2012 Anthology · Kimberly Todd Wade
The Receptionist and Other Tales, poems
Book 38 of 112 · published 2012 Anthology · Lesley Wheeler
Birds and Birthdays
Book 40 of 112 · published 2012 Anthology · Christopher Barzak
The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others
Book 42 of 112 · published 2013 Anthology · Richard Bowes
Myths, Metaphors, and Science Fiction
Book 45 of 112 · published 2014 Anthology · Sheila Finch
Numa: An Epic Poem with Photo Collages
Book 46 of 112 · published 2014 Anthology · Katrinka Moore
The Prince of the Aquamarines
Book 49 of 112 · published 2015 Anthology · Ruth Berman,Louise Cavelier Levesque
Back, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales
Book 52 of 112 · published 2015 Anthology · Celeste Rita Baker
A Field Guide to the Spirits
Book 54 of 112 · published 2015 Anthology · Jean LeBlanc
Marginalia to Stone Bird
Book 55 of 112 · published 2016 Anthology · R.B. Lemberg
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life
Book 57 of 112 · published 2016 Anthology · Sheree Renée Thomas
The Adventure of the Incognita Countess
Book 60 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Cynthia Ward
Boundaries, Border Crossings, and Reinventing the Future
Book 61 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Beth Plutchak
Liberating the Astronauts
Book 62 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Christina M. Rau
In Search of Lost Time
Book 63 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Karen Heuler
Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints: Volume 60
Book 69 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Alex Dally MacFarlane
Feed Me the Bones of Our Saints
Book 70 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Alex Dally MacFarlane
The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum
Book 73 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Cynthia Ward
The Green and Growing
Book 76 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Erin K. Wagner
Everything is Made of Letters
Book 77 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Sofía Rhei
Midnight at the Organporium
Book 78 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Tara Campbell
Algorithmic Shapeshifting
Book 79 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Bogi Takács
Mary Shelley Makes a Monster
Book 81 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Octavia Cade
Articulation: Short Plays to Nourish the Mind & Soul
Book 83 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Cesi Davidson
City of a Thousand Feelings
Book 84 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Anya Johanna DeNiro
The Adventure of the Naked Guide
Book 85 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Cynthia Ward
Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms
Book 89 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Hal Y. Zhang
Resistance and Transformation
Book 90 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Mari Ness
Resistance and Transformation: On Fairy Tales
Book 91 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Mari Ness
The Silences of Ararat
Book 92 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
Cabinet of Wrath: A Doll Collection
Book 93 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Tara Campbell
The Adventure of the Golden Woman
Book 95 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Cynthia Ward
Fricatives: Short Plays to Nourish the Mind & Soul
Book 96 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Cesi Davidson
We’ve Been Here Before
Book 98 of 112 · published 2022 Anthology · Anne Carly Abad
When Home, No Need to Cry
Book 100 of 112 · published 2022 Anthology · Erin K. Wagner
To the Woman in the Pink Hat
Book 102 of 112 · published 2023 Anthology · LaToya Jordan
From Voyages Unreturning
Book 103 of 112 · published 2023 Anthology · Deborah L. Davitt
Tales from Mnemosyne
Book 104 of 112 · published 2024 Anthology · Dennis Danvers
Cul de Sac Stories
Book 106 of 112 · published 2024 Anthology · Tamara Kaye Sellman
Sinking, Singing
Book 107 of 112 · published 2024 Anthology · Gwynne Garfinkle
Stop Plosive: Short Plays to Nourish the Mind and Soul
Book 108 of 112 · published 2024 Anthology · Cesi Davidson
Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air
Book 110 of 112 · published 2025 Anthology · L. Timmel Duchamp
Bankrupting Sky Banks
Book 111 of 112 · published 2025 Anthology · Erik Hofstatter
Parallax
Latest in the series · book 112 of 112 · published 2025 Anthology · T.D. Walker
Time Gum and Other Poems from the Minicon Poetry Readings
Book 2 of 29 · published 1988
Best of the Rest 2: The Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 1998
Book 7 of 29 · published 1999
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2000
Book 8 of 29 · published 2000
Tales of the Unanticipated, Number 30: The Anthology of TOTU Ink
Book 14 of 29 · published 2010
Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
Book 20 of 29 · published 2014
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Eleanor Arnason?
Eleanor Arnason is a published American author of fiction known for her science fiction books and her short stories. She was born on December 28, 1942 in Manhattan. She got her career started early when her first published story was featured in New Worlds in 1973.
Which Eleanor Arnason series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Star Trek Adventures series, the earliest of Eleanor Arnason's multi-book series: it opens with Spock Must Die! (1970) and runs to 17 books across 1970–1981, ending with Death's Angel (1981). Eleanor Arnason's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Eleanor Arnason written?
Eleanor Arnason has 330 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1970 and 2026. 261 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Conversation Pieces series with 112 books — and 69 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Eleanor Arnason's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Eleanor Arnason's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Star Trek Adventures (1970–1981, 17 books), Michael Moorcock Short Story Collections (1976–2014, 16 books) and Eleanor Arnason Poems (1986–2005, 17 books), plus 6 more.
How are Eleanor Arnason's books organised into series?
This guide splits Eleanor Arnason's 330 books into 12 named series and 69 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Conversation Pieces (112 books, 1993–2025); Star Trek Adventures (17 books, 1970–1981); Eleanor Arnason Poems (17 books, 1986–2005); Michael Moorcock Short Story Collections (16 books, 1976–2014); Hwarhath Stories (14 books, 1993–2016), plus 7 further series.