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ⓘ About Lloyd Biggle Jr.
In later years, he moved on to suspense and mysteries, creating many popular series, including one new series of Sherlock Holmes. This series was written from the point of view of Edward Porter Jones, an assistant that began his association with Holmes as a “Baker Street Irregular”. Each year, he managed to write a science fiction tale or two, typically for Analog magazine. He served in World War II as a communications sergeant in a rifle company of the 102nd Infantry Division. He was wounded twice, during the war, the second of which, a shrapnel wound in his leg received close to the Elbe River at war’s end, left him disabled for the rest of his life. Lloyd was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Disabled American Veterans.
All Book Series by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Murder Applied for
Book 11 of 13 · published 2013 Co-authored · Kenneth Lloyd Biggle
The World That Death Made
Book 12 of 13 · published 2013 Co-authored · Kenneth Lloyd Biggle
The Rule of the Door and Other Fanciful Regulations
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1967
Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1958
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lloyd Biggle Jr.?
In later years, he moved on to suspense and mysteries, creating many popular series, including one new series of Sherlock Holmes. This series was written from the point of view of Edward Porter Jones, an assistant that began his association with Holmes as a “Baker Street Irregular”. Each year, he managed to write a science fiction tale or two, typically for Analog magazine.
Which Lloyd Biggle Jr. series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Jan Darzek series, the earliest of Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s multi-book series: it opens with All the Colors of Darkness (1963) and runs to 5 books across 1963–1979, ending with The Whirligig of Time (1979). Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Lloyd Biggle Jr. written?
Lloyd Biggle Jr. has 37 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1958 and 2018. 13 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Jan Darzek series with 5 books — and 24 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Interplanetary Relations Bureau (1961–1971, 2 books), Jan Darzek (1963–1979, 5 books) and Pletcher and Lambert (1987–2012, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s books organised into series?
This guide splits Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s 37 books into 5 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Jan Darzek (5 books, 1963–1979); Pletcher and Lambert (3 books, 1987–2012); Grandfather Rastin Mystery (2 books, 2007–2018); Interplanetary Relations Bureau (2 books, 1961–1971); Lady Sara Varnley Victorian Mystery (1 book, 2013).