James P. Hogan

James P. Hogan was a science fiction writer who kept in the great tradition by combining accurate and informed speculation from the cutting edge of technology and science. He did so with living, breathing characters and suspenseful story-telling. He was born in London in the year 1941, and worked as an aeronautical engineer who specialized in digital systems and electronics.

The best place to start is the Giants series, the earliest of James P. Hogan's multi-book series: it opens with Inherit the Stars (1977) and runs to 5 books across 1977–2005, ending with Mission to Minerva (2005). James P. Hogan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

James P. Hogan has 41 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2010. 15 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Jupiter series with 6 books — and 26 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. James P. Hogan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Giants (1977–2005, 5 books), Code of the Lifemaker (1983–1995, 2 books) and Jupiter (1996–1999, 6 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits James P. Hogan's 41 books into 4 named series and 26 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Jupiter (6 books, 1996–1999); Giants (5 books, 1977–2005); Code of the Lifemaker (2 books, 1983–1995); Cradle of Saturn (2 books, 1999–2003).