Christopher Stasheff

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Christopher Stasheff (born 1944) is an American 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 courses at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, 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. Some of his novels have a religious tinge to them.(e.g. Her Majesty's Wizard). 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.

Contents 1 Books 1.1 The DDT future continuity 1.1.1 Starship Troupers 1.1.2 Warlock of Gramarye 1.1.3 Rogue Wizard 1.1.4 The Warlock's Heirs 1.2 Wizard in Rhyme 1.3 Star Stone 1.4 Crafters 1.5 Harold Shea (with L Sprague de Camp) 1.6 Other novels 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Books

[edit] The DDT future continuity

• Saint Vidicon to the Rescue (2005)
• Escape Velocity (1983)

[edit] Starship Troupers

• A Company of Stars (1991)
• We Open on Venus (1993)
• A Slight Detour (1994)

[edit] Warlock of Gramarye

• The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)
• King Kobold (1971, revised as King Kobold Revived (1984))
• The Warlock Unlocked (1982)
• The Warlock Enraged (1985)
• The Warlock Wandering (1986)
• The Warlock Is Missing (1986)
• The Warlock Heretical (1987)
• 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] 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] The Warlock's Heirs

• M'lady Witch (1994)
• Quicksilver's Knight (1995)
• The Spell-bound Scholar (1999)
• Here Be Monsters (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] 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
• 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

• Saint Vidicon

[edit] External links

• Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
• Christopher Stasheff at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database