Novels Series •
The True Game (a trilogy of trilogies) • The
Peter series was the first published. The
Mavin series takes place earlier. The
Jinian series takes place during and after the same time period as the
Peter series, often giving a different perspective on the same events. • This series has a crossover with the Plague of Angels series. • The Books of the True Game: Peter • ''King's Blood Four'' (Ace Books, 1983) (first novel) •
Necromancer Nine (Ace Books, 1983) • ''Wizard's Eleven'' (Ace Books, 1984) •
The True Game (omnibus edition) (1985) • The Books of the True Game:
Mavin Manyshaped •
The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985) •
The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985) •
The Search of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985) •
The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (omnibus edition) (1985) • The Books of the True Game: Jinian •
Jinian Footseer (Tor Books, 1985) •
Dervish Daughter (Tor Books, 1986) •
Jinian Star-Eye (Tor Books, 1986) •
The End of the Game (omnibus edition) •
The Marianne Trilogy •
Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore (Ace Books, 1985) •
Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (Ace Books, 1988) •
Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse (Ace Books, 1989) •
The Marianne Trilogy (omnibus edition) •
Ettison Duo, featuring Badger Ettison •
Blood Heritage (Tor Books, 1986) •
The Bones (Tor Books, 1987) •
The Awakeners: •
Northshore (Tor Books, 1987) •
Southshore (Tor Books, 1987) •
The Awakeners (omnibus edition, 1989. A later omnibus edition erroneously claims to be first) •
Plague of Angels: •
A Plague of Angels (Bantam, 1993) •
The Waters Rising (Eos, 2010) -
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2010 •
Fish Tails (2014), a crossover into the True Game series •
The Arbai Trilogy •
Grass (Doubleday, 1989) – Hugo and Locus Awards nominee, 1990 •
Raising the Stones (Doubleday, 1990) •
Sideshow (Doubleday, 1992) – John W. Campbell Award nominee, 1993
Non-series •
The Revenants (Berkley Publishing, 1984) •
After Long Silence (1987) (UK:
The Enigma Score, 1989) • ''
The Gate to Women's Country'' (1988) •
Beauty (Doubleday, 1991; revised UK edition is author's preferred text) – Winner,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1992 • ''
Shadow's End'' (1994) • ''
Gibbon's Decline & Fall'' (1996) – Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1997 •
The Family Tree (1997) –
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1998 •
Six Moon Dance (1998) •
Singer from the Sea (1999) •
The Fresco (2000) –
John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2001 •
The Visitor (2002) – John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2003 •
The Companions (2003) – John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2004 •
The Margarets (released June 1, 2007 by Eos) –
John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2008;
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2009
Short works • "The Gardener" (novella) in
Night Visions 6. Released as
The Bone Yard (1988) in mass market. Collaboration with F. Paul Wilson and Ray Garton.
World Fantasy Award—Long Fiction finalist (1989) • "Someone Like You" in
The Further Adventures of the Joker (ed. Martin Greenberg) (1990) • The "Crazy" Carol Stories • "The Gazebo" in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1990 • "Raccoon Music" in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1991 • "The Gourmet" in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1991
Poetry • "Extraterrestrial Trilogue on Terran Self-Destruction" in
Galaxy, August 1961 (as Sheri S. Eberhart) • "Lullaby, 1990" in
Galaxy, December 1963 (as Sheri S. Eberhart) • "Ballad of the Interstellar Merchants" in
Galaxy, December 1964 (as Sheri S. Eberhart)
Essays/articles Educational pamphlets for Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood: •
The People Know (1968) •
The Perils of Puberty (1974) •
The Problem with Puberty (1976) •
This Is You (1977) • ''So Your Happily Ever After Isn't'' (1977) •
The Great Orgasm Robbery (1977) • ''So You Don't Want to Be a Sex Object'' (1978)
Pseudonymous works • as E. E. Horlak (horror): •
Still Life (Bantam, 1987/1988) • as B. J. Oliphant (mystery): • Shirley McClintock Mysteries, featuring a Colorado rancher and former Washington, DC "advisor": •
Dead in the Scrub (1990) •
The Unexpected Corpse (1990) •
Deservedly Dead (1992) •
Death and the Delinquent (1993) •
Death Served Up Cold (1994) •
A Ceremonial Death (1996) • ''Here's to the Newly Dead'' (1997) • as A. J. Orde (mystery): • The Jason Lynx Mysteries, featuring a Colorado antiques dealer and his significant other, a female cop: •
A Little Neighborhood Murder: A Jason Lynx Novel (1989) •
Death and the Dogwalker: A Jason Lynx Novel (1990) • ''Death for Old Time's Sake: A Jason Lynx Novel'' (1992) •
Looking for the Aardvark (1993) (also published in paperback as
Dead on Sunday, 1994) •
A Long Time Dead (Fawcett, 1994) •
A Death of Innocents: A Jason Lynx Novel (1996, 1997) ==References==