Christopher Stasheff
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Christopher Stasheff (1944-present) is a science fiction author and fantasy author whose novels include The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969) and Her Majesty's Wizard (1986). He has a PhD. in Theatre and teaches radio and television at Eastern New Mexico University in New Mexico.
Stasheff's stories could be categorized as "medieval fantasy"; they are filled with sorcery, monsters, castles, etc. Stasheff has written several series of novels featuring a wizard or warlock as the main character. However, in at least the Warlock series, the "fantasy" is actually psionic or esper powers: telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, psychometry, etc., with time-travelling enemies, and the protagonist's best friend is a high-tech computer AI in a robotic equine body.
The central theme running through all of Stasheff's novels is the spreading of democracy (constitutional republic) as a form of government. The plot of almost every one of his novels is about a main character causing a change (whether a revolution or coup) in a society from monarchy, feudalism, or any other form of government to a more democratic and populist style of government.
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[edit] Books
[edit] Warlock of Gramarye
- Escape Velocity (1968)
- The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)
- King Kobold (1971, revised as King Kobold Revived (1975))
- The Warlock Unlocked (1979)
- The Warlock Enraged (1981)
- The Warlock Wandering (1983)
- The Warlock Is Missing (1984)
- The Warlock Heretical (1971)
- The Warlock's Companion (1988)
Odd Warlock Out (omnibus) (1989) - The Warlock Insane (1989)
To the Magic Born (omnibus) (1990) - The Warlock Rock (1990)
- Warlock and Son (1991)
The Warlock Enlarged (omnibus) (1991)
The Warlock's Night Out (omnibus) (1991) - The Warlock's Last Ride (2004)
[edit] Warlock's Heirs
- M'lady Witch (1994)
- Quicksilver's Knight (1995)
- The Spell-bound Scholar (1999)
- Here Be Monsters (2001)
[edit] Rogue Wizard
- A Wizard in Absentia (1993)
- A Wizard in Mind (1995)
- A Wizard in Bedlam (1979)
- A Wizard in War (1995)
- A Wizard in Peace (1996)
- A Wizard in Chaos (1997)
- A Wizard in Midgard (1998)
- A Wizard and a Warlord (2000)
- A Wizard in the Way (2000)
- A Wizard in a Feud (2001)
[edit] Wizard in Rhyme
- Her Majesty's Wizard (1986)
- The Oathbound Wizard (1993)
- The Witch Doctor (1994)
- The Secular Wizard (1995)
- My Son, the Wizard (1997)
- The Haunted Wizard (1999)
- The Crusading Wizard (2000)
- The Feline Wizard (2000)
[edit] Star Stone
- The Shaman (1995)
- The Sage (1996)
[edit] Starship Troupers
- A Company of Stars (1991)
- We Open on Venus (1993)
- A Slight Detour (1994)
[edit] Crafters
- The Crafters (1991) (with Bill Fawcett)
- Blessings and Curses (1992)
[edit] Harold Shea (with L Sprague de Camp)
- The Enchanter Reborn (1992)
- The Exotic Enchanter (1995)
[edit] Other novels
- Blood and War (1993)
- The Gods of War
- Saint Vidicon to the Rescue (2005)
- War and Honor (with Gordon R Dickson, David Drake and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
- Wing Commander: End Run (with William R. Forstchen) (1994)
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
- Christopher Stasheff at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database