Andrew J. Offutt

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Andrew J. Offutt (born August 16, 1934) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His normal byline has his name in all lower-case letters.

Offutt began publishing in 1954 with the story "And Gone Tomorrow" in If. Despite this early sale, he doesn't consider his professional life to have begun until he sold the story "Blacksword" to Galaxy in 1959 His first novel was Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards in 1970.

He took twelve pseudonyms, including John Cleve, which were used for pornography. He also wrote a series of books based upon a lesser known character of Robert E. Howard, Cormac mac Art.

Offutt published numerous novels and short stories, including many in the "Thieves World" series edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey, which feature his best known character, the thief Hanse, also known as Shadowspawn (and, later, Chance). His "Iron Lords" series likewise was popular. He also edited a series of five anthologies entitled Swords Against Darkness, which included the first professional sale by Charles de Lint.

His son is the author Chris Offutt.

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Conan

[edit] Cormac Mac Art

  • Sword of the Gael
  • The Undying Wizard
  • The Sign of the Moonbow
  • The Mists of Doom
  • When Death Birds Fly
  • The Tower of Death (with Keith Taylor)

[edit] Crusader

  • Saladin's Spy (as John Cleve)

[edit] Spaceways

As John Cleve

  • Of Alien Bondage
  • Corundum's Woman
  • Escape from Macho
  • Satana Enslaved
  • Master of Misfit
  • Purrfect Plunder
  • The Manhuntress
  • Under Twin Suns
  • The Quest of Qalara
  • The Yoke of Shen
  • The Iceworld Connection
  • Star Slaver
  • Jonuta Rising!
  • Assignment - Hellhole
  • Starship Sapphire
  • The Planet Murderer
  • The Carnadyne Horde
  • Race Across the Stars
  • King of the Slavers

[edit] War of the Gods on Earth

  • The Iron Lords
  • King Dragon
  • Shadows Out of Hell
  • The Lady of the Snowmist

[edit] War of the Wizards

With Richard Lyon

  • Demon in the Mirror
  • The Eye of Sarsis
  • Web of the Spider

[edit] Non-series Novels

  • The Galactic Rejects
  • Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards
  • The Great 24-Hour Thing
  • My Country, Right or Wrong
  • The Castle Keeps
  • Messenger of Zhuvastou
  • Ardor on Aros
  • The Black Sorcerer of the Black Castle
  • Genetic Bomb (with D Bruce Berry)
  • Chieftain of Andor (aka Clansman of Andor)
  • My Lord Barbarian

[edit] External links

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