Thomas Burnett Swann

He began writing fiction in the year 1958 with “Winged Victory”, a science fiction tale based on the famous headless statue known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace. In his story, the statue’s head is found and is revealed to have been modeled on an alien visitor whom the sculptor took for a goddess. Many of his early stories stories appeared in Science Fantasy, a British magazine.

The best place to start is The Minotaur Trilogy series, the earliest of Thomas Burnett Swann's multi-book series: it opens with Day of the Minotaur (1966) and runs to 3 books across 1966–1977, ending with Cry Silver Bells (1977). Thomas Burnett Swann's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Thomas Burnett Swann has 26 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1960 and 2012. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being The Latium Trilogy series with 3 books — and 20 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. Thomas Burnett Swann's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Minotaur Trilogy (1966–1977, 3 books) and The Latium Trilogy (1972–1977, 3 books).

This guide splits Thomas Burnett Swann's 26 books into 2 named series and 20 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Latium Trilogy (3 books, 1972–1977); The Minotaur Trilogy (3 books, 1966–1977).