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ⓘ About Jean Lorrah
Jean Lorrah is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Over her long career she has authored seventeen novels and several short stories, many of which were the result of collaborations with other authors. She was born in Canton, Ohio in 1938. Her full name is Dr. Jean Lorrah, as she received a PhD from Florida State University. She has remained an academic as well as a writer, through her position as an English professor at Murray State University in Kentucky. In 2007, she began a blog, titled “The House of Keon”, in which she describes herself as “a teacher and a writer, a pet owner, a cancer survivor (twice), and now a blogger”. As a professor, Lorrah teaches university classes of all levels.
All Book Series by Jean Lorrah
House Of Zeor
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1974 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Unto Zeor, Forever
Book 2 of 15 · published 1978 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
First Channel
Book 3 of 15 · published 1980 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Mahogany Trinrose
Book 4 of 15 · published 1981 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Zelerod's Doom
Book 6 of 15 · published 1986 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg,J. Lorrah
To Kiss or to Kill
Book 7 of 15 · published 2005 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Personal Recognizance
Book 8 of 15 · published 2010 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Channel's Destiny
Book 9 of 15 · published 2011 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Ambrov Keon
Book 10 of 15 · published 2011 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenstein
The Story Untold and Other Sime~Gen Stories
Book 11 of 15 · published 2011 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
The Farris Channel
Book 12 of 15 · published 2011 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Fear and Courage
Book 13 of 15 · published 2015 Co-authored · Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Zoe Farris,Karen L. MacLeod
A Change of Tactics
Book 14 of 15 · published 2017 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
A Shift of Means
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2019 Anthology · Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Encounter at Farpoint
Series opener · book 1 of 73 · published 1987 Anthology · David Gerrold
The Captain's Honor
Book 9 of 73 · published 1989 Anthology · David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin
Doomsday World
Book 12 of 73 · published 1990 Anthology · Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman
The Eyes of the Beholders
Book 13 of 73 · published 1990 Anthology · A.C. Crispin
Chains of Command
Book 20 of 73 · published 1992 Anthology · Bill McCay,Eloise Flood
Foreign Foes
Book 30 of 73 · published 1994 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
Requiem
Book 31 of 73 · published 1994 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan
The Romulan Stratagem
Book 34 of 73 · published 1995 Anthology · Robert Greenberger
Possession
Book 39 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard
Klingon
Book 40 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
The Soldiers of Fear
Book 41 of 73 · published 1996 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
Vectors
Book 53 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
Red Sector
Book 54 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey
The First Virtue
Book 57 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman
The Forgotten War
Book 58 of 73 · published 1999 Anthology · William R. Forstchen
The Genesis Wave Book One
Book 61 of 73 · published 2000 Anthology · John Vornholt
Vectors: Double Helix #2
Book 62 of 73 · published 2000 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
Diplomatic Implausibility
Book 63 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Keith R.A. DeCandido
Maximum Warp: Book One
Book 65 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
Maximum Warp: Book Two
Book 66 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur
The Genesis Wave, Book Two
Book 67 of 73 · published 2001 Anthology · John Vornholt
The Genesis Wave, Book Three
Book 68 of 73 · published 2002 Anthology · John Vornholt
Sand and Stars
Book 71 of 73 · published 2004 Anthology · Diane Duane,A.C. Crispin
Takedown
Latest in the series · book 73 of 73 · published 2015 Anthology · John Jackson Miller
The Prometheus Design
Series opener · book 1 of 61 · published 1982 Anthology · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
Triangle
Book 4 of 61 · published 1983 Anthology · Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath
Web of the Romulans
Book 5 of 61 · published 1983 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,M.S. Murdock
The Tears of the Singers
Book 8 of 61 · published 1984 Anthology · Melinda M. Snodgrass
Dwellers in the Crucible
Book 14 of 61 · published 1985 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
The Three-Minute Universe
Book 19 of 61 · published 1988 Anthology · Barbara Paul
Home Is the Hunter
Book 24 of 61 · published 1990 Anthology · Dana Kramer-Rolls
The Patrian Transgression
Book 38 of 61 · published 1994 Anthology · Simon Hawke
The Fearful Summons
Book 43 of 61 · published 1995 Anthology · Denny Martin Flinn
First Frontier
Book 44 of 61 · published 1995 Anthology · Diane Carey,James I. Kirkland
The Rings of Tautee
Book 47 of 61 · published 1996 Anthology · Dean Wesley Smith
The Joy Machine
Book 48 of 61 · published 1996 Anthology · Theodore Sturgeon,James Gunn
Vulcan's Heart
Book 52 of 61 · published 1999 Anthology · Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz
The Disinherited
Book 57 of 61 · published 2007 Anthology · Peter David,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman
Excelsior: Forged in Fire
Book 58 of 61 · published 2007 Anthology · Andy Mangels,Michael A. Martin
Cast No Shadow
Book 60 of 61 · published 2011 Anthology · James Swallow,Dayton Ward
Allegiance in Exile
Latest in the series · book 61 of 61 · published 2013 Anthology · David R. George III
A Call to Darkness
Series opener · book 1 of 34 · published 1989 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Book 11 of 34 · published 1994 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman,John de Lancie
The Best and the Brightest
Book 16 of 34 · published 1998 Anthology · Susan Wright
The Battle of Betazed
Book 21 of 34 · published 2002 Anthology · Susan Kearney,Charlotte Douglas
Greater Than the Sum
Book 26 of 34 · published 2008 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Q are Cordially Uninvited...
Book 29 of 34 · published 2014 Anthology · Rudy Josephs
Shadows Have Offended
Latest in the series · book 34 of 34 · published 2021 Anthology · Cassandra Rose Clarke
Stepping through the Stargate
Book 4 of 41 · published 2004 Anthology · P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad
What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue
Book 5 of 41 · published 2004 Anthology · Glenn Yeffeth,Shanna Caughey
The Anthology at the End of the Universe
Book 6 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne
The War of the Worlds
Book 8 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Connie Willis,Mercedes Lackey,H.G. Wells,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lawrence Watt-Evans
Navigating the Golden Compass
Book 9 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Glenn Yeffeth
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets
Book 11 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Glenn Yeffeth
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice
Book 12 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!
Book 14 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · David Brin
Totally Charmed
Book 15 of 41 · published 2005 Anthology · Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie
The Unauthorized X-Men
Book 16 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Len Wein
This Is Chick-Lit
Book 17 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Welcome to Wisteria Lane
Book 18 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Leah Wilson
The Battle for Azeroth
Book 20 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin
Boarding the Enterprise
Book 22 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold
So Say We All
Book 23 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch
Investigating CSI
Book 24 of 41 · published 2006 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez
Coffee at Luke's
Book 26 of 41 · published 2007 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie
Jack Bauer for President
Book 28 of 41 · published 2007 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Richard Miniter
Halo Effect
Book 29 of 41 · published 2007 Anthology · Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason
Serenity Found
Book 33 of 41 · published 2007 Anthology · Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion
Batman Unauthorized
Book 35 of 41 · published 2008 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Alan J. Porter
Secrets of the Dragon Riders
Book 36 of 41 · published 2008 Anthology · James A. Owen
James Bond in the 21st Century
Book 38 of 41 · published 2009 Anthology · Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club
Latest in the series · book 41 of 41 · published 2015 Anthology · Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt
The Klingon Gambit
Series opener · book 1 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
Entropy Effect
Book 2 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy,George Takei
The Covenant of the Crown
Book 3 of 113 · published 1981 Anthology · Howard Weinstein
Mutiny on the Enterprise
Book 8 of 113 · published 1983 Anthology · Robert Vardeman
The Trellisane Confrontation
Book 10 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · David Dvorkin
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Book 12 of 113 · published 1984 Anthology · Vonda N. McIntyre,Harve Bennett
Enterprise: The First Adventure
Book 25 of 113 · published 1986 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy
Strangers from the Sky
Book 27 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Margaret Wander Bonanno
How Much for Just the Planet?
Book 30 of 113 · published 1987 Anthology · John M. Ford
Final Frontier
Book 32 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Leonard Nimoy,Diane Carey
The Three-Minute Universe
Book 34 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Barbara Paul
Memory Prime
Book 36 of 113 · published 1988 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
Prime Directive
Book 39 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens
The Pandora Principle
Book 42 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Carolyn Clowes
Home Is the Hunter
Book 44 of 113 · published 1990 Anthology · Dana Kramer-Rolls
Windows on a Lost World
Book 50 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · V.E. Mitchell
Shadows on the Sun
Book 51 of 113 · published 1993 Anthology · Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek Phase II
Book 58 of 113 · published 1996 Anthology · Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Vulcan's Forge
Book 60 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz
Heart of the Sun
Book 61 of 113 · published 1997 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Flaming Arrow
Book 65 of 113 · published 2000 Anthology · Jerry Oltion,Kathy Oltion
The Last Roundup
Book 70 of 113 · published 2002 Anthology · Christie Golden,Dayton Ward
Garth of Izar
Book 72 of 113 · published 2003 Anthology · George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent
The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
Book 74 of 113 · published 2004 Anthology · Tony Isabella,Bob Ingersoll
Burning Dreams
Book 75 of 113 · published 2006 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Unspoken Truth
Book 79 of 113 · published 2010 Anthology · Margaret Wander Bonanno
A Choice of Catastrophes
Book 80 of 113 · published 2011 Anthology · Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster
The Shocks of Adversity
Book 87 of 113 · published 2013 Anthology · William Leisner
Seasons of Light and Darkness
Book 90 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael A. Martin
Serpents in the Garden
Book 91 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Jeffrey Mariotte
The More Things Change
Book 92 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Scott Pearson
Shadow of the Machine
Book 93 of 113 · published 2014 Anthology · Dayton Ward,Scott V. Harrison
Crisis of Consciousness
Book 96 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Dave Galanter
All That's Left
Book 98 of 113 · published 2015 Anthology · Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward
The Latter Fire
Book 101 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · James Swallow,Dayton Ward
The Face of the Unknown
Book 103 of 113 · published 2016 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Captain's Oath
Book 104 of 113 · published 2019 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
The Higher Frontier
Book 106 of 113 · published 2020 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Living Memory
Book 109 of 113 · published 2021 Anthology · Christopher L. Bennett
Echoes in Eternity
Latest in the series · book 113 of 113 · published 2026 Anthology · David Mack
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jean Lorrah?
Jean Lorrah is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Over her long career she has authored seventeen novels and several short stories, many of which were the result of collaborations with other authors. She was born in Canton, Ohio in 1938.
Which Jean Lorrah series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Sime-Gen series, the earliest of Jean Lorrah's multi-book series: it opens with House Of Zeor (1974) and runs to 15 books across 1974–2019, ending with A Shift of Means (2019). Jean Lorrah's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jean Lorrah written?
Jean Lorrah has 353 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1974 and 2026. 347 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Sime-Gen series with 15 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jean Lorrah's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jean Lorrah's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Sime-Gen (1974–2019, 15 books), Savage Empire (1981–1988, 7 books) and Nessie (2002–2009, 3 books).
How are Jean Lorrah's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jean Lorrah's 353 books into 8 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Sime-Gen (15 books, 1974–2019); Savage Empire (7 books, 1981–1988); Nessie (3 books, 2002–2009); Star Trek: TOS (Original) (113 books, 1981–2026); Star Trek: The Next Generation (73 books, 1987–2015), plus 3 further series.