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ⓘ About John C. Wright
John C. Wright is an author from California who focuses on science fiction novels. He is an experienced writer who took part in the Great Books program at St. John’s College of Maryland and graduated in 1987. He also went to law school although his legal career did not go all that far. He has since gone on to focus more on his writing work and has produced many stories in a number of series. He started writing various science fiction stories in the 1990s and had some of his works published in Asimov’s Science Fiction. He has become a prominent name in science fiction writing as he focuses on space opera literature. This is a format that entails great battles, unique warfare events and romance all mixed into an intriguing series of stories.
All Book Series by John C. Wright
The World of Null-A
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1945 Anthology · A.E. Van Vogt
The Pawns of Null-A / The Players of Null-A
Book 2 of 4 · published 1948 Anthology · A.E. Van Vogt
All Men Dream of Earthwomen and Other Aeons
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020
City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis
Single-title series · published 2014
Clockwork Phoenix 2
Book 2 of 5 · published 2009 Anthology · Tanith Lee,Mary Robinette Kowal,Steve Rasnic Tem,Saladin Ahmed,Forrest Aguirre,Mike Allen,Catherynne M. Valente,Claude Lalumière,Kelly Barnhill,Gemma Files,Ian McHugh,Leah Bobet,Barbara Krasnoff,Marie Brennan,Ann Leckie,Joanna Galbraith,Stephen J. Barringer
Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Book 3 of 5 · published 2010
Clockwork Phoenix 4
Book 4 of 5 · published 2013 Anthology · Tanith Lee,Richard Parks,A.C. Wise,Mike Allen,Yves Meynard,Cat Rambo,Kenneth Schneyer,Gemma Files,Alisa Alering,Ian McHugh,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Shira Lipkin,Barbara Krasnoff,Patricia Russo,Camille Alexa,Marie Brennan,Nicole Kornher-Stace,Yukimi Ogawa,Corinne Duyvis
Clockwork Phoenix 5
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2016 Anthology · Alex Dally MacFarlane,A.C. Wise,Mike Allen,Keffy R.M. Kehrli,Rich Larson,Cassandra Khaw,C.S.E. Cooney,Carlos Hernandez,Benjanun Sriduangkaew,Sonya Taaffe,Beth Cato,Barbara Krasnoff,Patricia Russo,Gray Rinehart,Marie Brennan,Sam Fleming,Shveta Thakrar,Holly Heisey,Jason Kimble,Rachael L. Jones,Rob Cameron,Sunil Patel
William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands, Volume I: Eternal Love
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Edition
Book 2 of 14 · published 2004
William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands Volume 2: Nightmares of the Fall
Book 4 of 14 · published 2007
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
Book 6 of 14 · published 2009
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2004
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is John C. Wright?
John C. Wright is an author from California who focuses on science fiction novels. He is an experienced writer who took part in the Great Books program at St. John’s College of Maryland and graduated in 1987.
Which John C. Wright series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Null-A series, the earliest of John C. Wright's multi-book series: it opens with The World of Null-A (1945) and runs to 4 books across 1945–2008, ending with Null-A Continuum (2008). John C. Wright's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has John C. Wright written?
John C. Wright has 70 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1945 and 2026. 46 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Starquest series with 8 books — and 24 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should John C. Wright's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. John C. Wright's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Null-A (1945–2008, 4 books), Golden Oecumene (2002–2003, 3 books) and Everness (2004–2005, 2 books), plus 8 more.
How are John C. Wright's books organised into series?
This guide splits John C. Wright's 70 books into 12 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Starquest (8 books, 2024–2026); Count to the Eschaton Sequence (6 books, 2011–2017); Moth & Cobweb (6 books, 2016–2017); Null-A (4 books, 1945–2008); Chronicles of Chaos (3 books, 2005–2007), plus 7 further series.