Lawrence Watt-Evans Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of The Lords of Dûs Books
The Lure of the Basilisk | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seven Altars of Dûsarra | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sword of Bheleu | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Silence | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of War Surplus Books
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers / The Cyborg and the Sorceress | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wizard and the War Machine | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Legend of Ethshar Books
The Misenchanted Sword | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With a Single Spell | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unwilling Warlord | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nightmare People | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blood of a Dragon | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Taking Flight | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spell of the Black Dagger | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of Madness | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ithanalin's Restoration | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spriggan Mirror | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vondish Ambassador | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unwelcome Warlock | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of Ethshar | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sorcerer's Widow | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Relics of War | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stone Unturned | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Harry's All Night Hamburgers Books
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Nightside City Books
Publication Order of Three Worlds Books
Out of This World | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Empire of Shadow | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reign of the Brown Magician | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Obsidian Chronicles Books
Dragon Weather | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dragon Society | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragon Venom | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Annals of the Chosen Books
The Wizard Lord | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ninth Talisman | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Summer Palace | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Fall of the Sorcerers Books
A Young Man Without Magic | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Above His Proper Station | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Adventures of Tom Derringer Books
Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tom Derringer in the Tunnels of Terror | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Chromosomal Code | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shining Steel | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Denner's Wreck / Among The Powers | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rebirth of Wonder | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Split Heirs | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Touched by the Gods | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spartacus File | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Eyed Jack | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Dead Things Don't Move | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ghost Taker | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heart of Stone | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hearts and Flowers | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Parade | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stab | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jim Tuckerman's Angel | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Crosstime Traffic | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Celestial Debris | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Folly of Captain Dancy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Blood | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lawrence Watt-Evans Fantasy Megapack | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
Best New Horror | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Best New Horror | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 20 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 21 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 22 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 23 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 24 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 27 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 28 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 29 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Best New Horror, Volume One | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror #30 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror #31 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Diogenes Club Books
Shadows Over Innsmouth | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark of the Night | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
White of the Moon | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where The Bodies Are Buried | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infinity Plus One | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Embrace the Mutation | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Adventure | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man from the Diogenes Club | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Summer Chills | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infinity Plus | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fair Folk | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mysteries of the Diogenes Club | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of the Mummy | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of UFO Anthology Books
Unidentified Funny Objects | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Science Fiction | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Fantasy | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Funny Horror | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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Publication Order of Smart Pop Books
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stepping through the Stargate: Science, Archaeology and the Military in Stargate SG1 | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Would Sipowicz Do? Race, Rights and Redemption in NYPD Blue | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H. G. Wells Classic | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Navigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Daemonology in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies And SD-6 | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flirting With Pride And Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives On The Original Chick Lit Masterpiece | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revisiting Narnia: Fantasy, Myth and Religion in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape! | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Totally Charmed | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mapping the World of Harry Potter | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Wars on Trial | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Battle for Azeroth | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Getting Lost | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boarding the Enterprise | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007 | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Investigating CSI: Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Earth's Last Days | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Literary Cash: Unauthorized Writings Inspired by the Legendary Johnny Cash | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Halo Effect: An Unauthorized Look at the Most Successful Video Game of All Time | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mind-Rain | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Through the Wardrobe | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secrets of the Dragon Riders: Your Favorite Authors on Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle: Completely Unauthorized | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secrets of the Dragon Riders | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack's Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of 100 Stories Books
100 Malicious Little Mysteries | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Wild Little Weird Tales | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Crooked Little Crime Stories | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Menacing Little Murder Stories | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Hilarious Little Howlers | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crafty Cat Crimes | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Tiny Tales of Terror | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Upon a Time | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deathport | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Superheroes | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between the Darkness and the Fire: 23 Tales of Imaginative Fiction from the Internet | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prom Night | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wildside Book of Fantasy | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lawrence Watt-Evans is a renowned American novelist of fantasy, science fiction, high fantasy, and adult fiction novels. He is well known for writing several popular book series, including the Ethshar series, War Surplus series, Lords of Dus series, Obsidian Chronicles series, and The Annals of the Chosen series. Along with writing under his original name, Watt-Evans uses the pen name of Nathan Archer to write mainly science fiction novels. Author Watt-Evans was born as Lawrence Watt Evans in 1954 in Arlington, Massachusetts. He was the fourth child in a total of six children born to his parents. Watt-Evans made his first attempt to writing anything at the professional level when he was 8 years old. He completed his high school graduation from Bedford High School and then joined the Princeton University. However, he could not obtain a degree.
When he thought of applying at the university again, he was asked to wait for a period of one year. Watt-Evans decided to use this time for selling his writing and became so serious in this effort that the idea of getting a degree did not come to his mind again. The first success that Watt-Evans achieved was when he sold his book, The Lure of the Basilisk, in 1979. After the release of this book in 1980, he settled down as a full-time writer. Even though Watt-Evans wrote the first few articles and short stories under his birth name, he thought of submitting his debut novel under a pen name. The editor of that book, Lester del Rey, demanded that Watt-Evans uses his original name and upon his suggestion, Watt-Evans included the hyphen to create the pseudonym Lawrence Watt-Evans. He had insisted to include the middle name in order to avoid being confused with a contemporary writer of nonfiction named Lawrence Evans. Lester del Rey that Watt-Evans add the hyphen to make his name look more distinctive.
Author Watt-Evans has served as the president of HWA between 1994 and 1996. He has also held the post of treasurer and Regional Director of SFFWA. Between 1995 and 1997, Watt-Evans shared half partnership of the Malicious Press with Terry Rossio, a renowned screenwriter. He also published the Deathrealm magazine whose editor was Stephen Mark Rainey. Watt-Evans was Helix SF’s managing editor for its entire tenure of10 quarterly issues. In 2005, Watt-Evans declared that he will be adapting the first draft of the Ethshar book, The Spriggan Mirror, into an online serial. After finishing the draft, Watt-Evans made it available on one of his websites. Later, a revised version of the book was released commercially in paper and electronic editions and the free version was taken off. Since then, Watt-Evans has completed many online serials with the use of Street Performer Protocol method.
In 2013, Watt-Evans started a crowdfunding campaign for an unreleased science fiction book called Vika’s Avenger. He likes to give the credit of his success as a science fiction writer to his parents, both of whom were avid readers of science fiction stories. Because of them, he also developed an interest in the genre. Now, Watt-Evans has more than 40 novels, over a hundred short stories, more than 150 published articles, several comic books, and two nonfiction volumes to his name. He has completed over 30 years working as a full-time author. Even today, Watt-Evans is enthusiastic about new ideas and projects to work on. In addition to his writing contributions, he has been a member of numerous writers’ groups and is still involved in many of them.
Watt-Evans has also taken up the role of a professional researcher in his career. He has organized and undertaken numerous writing workshops. Also, Watt-Evans has served as an instructor at Bethesda’s Writer’s Center and Viable Paradise. Author Watt-Evans is represented by a literary agency called Scovil Galen Ghosh. He is happily married to Julie F. McKenna. The couple has two children named Julian S.G. Evans and Kyrith Amanda Evans. His family supports his writing works with all their heart and he feels grateful for their love and support. Watt-Evans looks forward to writing a lot more science fiction/fantasy novels in the coming years and keep entertaining his fans for as long as he can.
A successful series penned by author Lawrence Watt-Evans is known as the Obsidian Chronicles series. It is comprised of three books in total, released between 1999 and 2003. The essential characters mentioned in this series include Arlian, Black, and several others. Watt-Evans has named the debut book of this series as ‘Dragon Weather’. It was released by Tor Books in 2009, ten years after its first release in 1999. The book opens by depicting that Arlian had not gone out of his village located in Obsidian Mountains ever. The white peaks, black glass, and green hills were everything that he ever had. Arlian dreamed to go on adventure travels, but he knew very well that he would never leave. When the dragon weather arrived, the entire village got covered in oppressive humidity, incredible heat, dark & angry clouds, and dragons. The dragons show no empathy for humans and destroy the whole village along with its people. Arlian somehow survives and moves away from his destroyed village to find shelter. Later, the orphaned Arlian gets enslaved by looters and sold to the mines.
After working in the mines for seven years, Arlian finally manages to escape slavery. He is now grown up into a man and vows to take revenge from the deadly dragons, slavers, and bandits. As he travels through the wild, Arlian gets obsessed with justice. On the way, he befriends a man named Black, who also sees that all of Arlian’s decisions and tasks are done under the effect of his sense of justice. The second novel of the series is called ‘The Dragon Society’. It was published in 2003 by the Tor publication. This novel depicts that Arlian arrives at The Dragon Society with the purpose of seeking revenge from the dragons who destroyed his beautiful village. At the society, Arlian learns shocking facts and is forced to rethink his decision. Arlian discovers that he is the last hope for humanity and cannot risk his life. To defeat the dragons permanently, he hatches out a plan by keeping himself out of harm’s way.
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