This is the bibliography of American space opera and

hard science fiction Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's ''Islands of Space'' in the Novemb ...

author Catherine Asaro.

Bibliography

Saga of the Skolian Empire

Reading order by date of publication

Note that the stories were published in a non-chronological sequence, from the perspective of the characters. # ''

Primary Inversion ''Primary Inversion'' is a science fiction novel in the Saga of the Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro. As Asaro's debut novel, it first appeared as a hardcover in 1995. It was nominated for the 1996 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award a ...

'' (1995), rewritten version available online in Baen Free Library (2008–2012) #* "Light and Shadow" (novelette appearing in ''

Analog Analog or analogue may refer to: Computing and electronics * Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable ** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals *** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...

'', ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1994) # '' Catch the Lightning'' (1996) # ''

The Last Hawk ''The Last Hawk'' is a 1997 science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro. The novel is an installment in the Saga of the Skolian Empire series and details the life of Kelricson Garlin Valdoria Skolia during his eighteen years of imprisonment on the pl ...

'' (1997) # ''

The Radiant Seas ''The Radiant Seas'' is a novel from the Saga of the Skolian Empire series of books by Catherine Asaro. The book continues where Primary Inversion ended and centers on the story of the devastating interstellar Radiance War. It won the HOMer Awa ...

'' (1999) #* " Aurora in Four Voices" (novella appearing in ''

'', ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1998) # ''

Ascendant Sun ''Ascendant Sun'' is a novel which tells the story of how Kelric made it back to Earth, to become Imperator of the Skolian Empire and lead his people towards peace with the Eubians in the Saga of the Skolian Empire series by Catherine Asaro. ...

'' (2000) #* "A Roll of the Dice" (novella appearing in ''

'', ed. Stanley Schmidt) (2000) # ''

The Quantum Rose ''The Quantum Rose'' is a science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro which tells the story of Kamoj Argali and Skolian Prince Havyrl Valdoria. The book is set in her Saga of the Skolian Empire. It won the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2 ...

'' (2000) (also serialized in ''

'', ed. Stanley Schmidt) (1999) #* "Ave de Paso" (short story appearing in the following anthologies: ''Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction'', ed.

Al Sarrantonio Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952) is an American horror and science fiction writer, editor and publisher who has authored more than 50 books and 90 short stories. He has also edited numerous anthologies and has been called "brilliant" and " ...

, (2001); ''Fantasy: The Best of 2001'', ed.

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Gr ...

and

Karen Haber Karen Haber (born January 9,"She came upon the story somehow, was startled and amused to find that she shared a birthday with its protagonist (...) Her name was Karen Haber (...) Today was her birthday, the seventh of January": introduction to "Ca ...

, (2002); ''Aurora in Four Voices'', ed. Steven Silver (2011)) #* "Soul of Light" (short story appearing in the following anthologies: ''Sextopia'', ed.

Cecilia Tan Cecilia Tan (born April 8, 1967) is a writer, editor, sexuality activist, and founder of Circlet Press, the first press devoted primarily to erotic science fiction and fantasy. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also writes about baseball ...

(2001); ''Erotic Fantastic: The Best of Circlet Press, 1992–2002'', ed.

(2003) # ''

Spherical Harmonic In mathematics and physical science, spherical harmonics are special functions defined on the surface of a sphere. They are often employed in solving partial differential equations in many scientific fields. Since the spherical harmonics form ...

'' (2001) # ''

The Moon's Shadow ''The Moon's Shadow'' is a novel from the ''Saga of the Skolian Empire'' by Catherine Asaro which tells the story of Jaibriol Qox III—how he became emperor of Eube after the interstellar Radiance War, and founded peace talks between his people ...

'' (2003) # ''

Skyfall ''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the vill ...

'' (2004) #* "Stained Glass Heart" (novella appearing in anthology ''Irresistible Forces'', ed. Catherine Asaro) (2004) #* "Walk in Silence" (novella appearing in ''

'', ed. Stanley Schmidt) (2003) # '' Schism'' (2004) #* "The Edges of Never-Haven" (short story appearing in anthology ''Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy'', ed.

) (2004) #* "The City of Cries" (novella appearing in ''Down These Dark Spaceways'', ed. Mike Resnick) (2005) #* "The Shadowed Heart" (novelette appearing in anthology ''The Journey Home'', ed. Mary Kirk (2005), and ''Best New Paranormal Romance'', ed. Paula Guran, (2006)) # '' The Final Key'' (2005) #* "Echoes of Pride" (short story appearing in anthology ''Space Cadets'', ed.

Mike Resnick Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct ma ...

) (2006) Also in 2013; see below #* "The Ruby Dice" (novella appearing in ''

Jim Baen's Universe ''Jim Baen's Universe'' (''JBU'') was a bimonthly online fantasy and science fiction magazine created by Jim Baen (founder and long-time publisher of Baen Books). It was recognized by the SFWA as a Qualifying Short Fiction Venue. ''JBU'' beg ...

'', ed. Eric Flint) (2006) # '' The Ruby Dice'' (2008) #* "The Spacetime Pool" (novella appearing in Analog 2008; also appeared in the anthology ''The Spacetime Pool'' in 2012; see below). Takes place in an alternate universe that also includes the Skolian saga. # ''Diamond Star'' (2009) # ''Carnelians'' (2011) # ''Aurora in Four Voices'' (anthology, ed. Steven Silver) (2011). Includes " Aurora in Four Voices", "Ave de Paso", "The Spacetime Pool", "Light and Shadow", "The City of Cries", "A Poetry of Angles and Dreams" (essay on how Asaro uses math in her fiction), Introduction by Kate Dolan, and Afterword by Aly Parsons. # ''The City of Cries'', eBook, (2012) # "The Spacetime Pool" eBook (2012). Includes "The Spacetime Pool", "Light and Shadow," and the math essay "A Poetry of Angles and Dreams" # "The Pyre of New Day" (novelette appearing in anthology ''The Mammoth Book of SF Wars'', ed. Ian Watson and Ian Whates) (2012) # "Echoes of Pride" (appearing in ''Galaxy's Edge'' magazine) (Issue 5, November 2013) # ''Lightning Strike, Book I'', 2014, an expanded version of the first half of ''Catch the Lightning'' # "The Wages of Honor" (novelette appearing in anthology ''Infinite Stars'', ed.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born February 13, 1969) is an American science fiction author and editor. He has edited (or co-edited) fifteen anthologies, a space opera trilogy, and an ongoing, near-future police procedural series set in Kansas City, Mi ...

) (2017) # ''Lightning Strike, Book II'', 2020, an expanded version of the second half of ''Catch the Lightning''

Reading order by internal chronology

Note: the name(s) between the parentheses denotes the main character. # ''Skyfall'' (Roca Skolia, Eldrinson Althor Valdoria, Kurj Skolia) # "The Wages of Honor" (Eldrin Valdoria and Althor Valdoria) # "Stained Glass Heart" (Havyrl Torcellei Valdoria) # ''Schism'' (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria) # "Echoes of Pride" (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria) # ''The Final Key'' (Sauscony Lahaylia Valdoria/rest of her family) # "The Edges of Never-Haven" (Denric Winward Valdoria) # "Light and Shadow" (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria) # "Aurora in Four Voices" (Sauscony Lahaylia Valdoria) # "Walk in Silence" (Jess Fernandez) # "The Pyre of New Day" (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria) # ''The Last Hawk'' (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria) # ''Primary Inversion'' (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria) This was the first published book # ''The Radiant Seas'' (Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria/rest of her family) # "Soul of Light" (Althor Valdoria, Coop, Vaz Majda) # "The Shadowed Heart" (Jason Harrick) #* Aftermath of Radiance War – the following four stories have a great deal of overlap but follow different characters # ''Ascendant Sun'' (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria) # ''The Quantum Rose'' (Kamoj Argali, Havyrl Torcellei Valdoria) # ''Spherical Harmonic'' (Dyhianna Selei) # ''The Moon's Shadow'' (Jaibriol Qox Skolia) # ''Diamond Star'' (Del-Kurj Arden Valdoria) # "A Roll of the Dice" (Jeremiah Coltman) # "The Ruby Dice" (novella, Kelricson Garlin Valdoria) # ''The Ruby Dice'' (full-length novel, Jaibriol Qox Skolia and Kelricson Garlin Valdoria) # ''Carnelians'' (Kelricson Garlin Valdoria, Jaibriol Qox Skolia, Del-Kurj Arden Valdoria) # "Ave de Paso" (Akushtina Santis Pulivok) # ''Catch the Lightning'' (Akushtina Santis Pulivok, Althor Vyan Selei) # ''Lightning Strike, Book I'' (Akushtina Santis Pulivok, Althor Vyan Selei) # ''Lightning Strike, Book II'' (Akushtina Santis Pulivok, Althor Vyan Selei) Note:

Major Bhaajan series

# "Children of the Dust" (prequel novella to the series, available online at www.baen.com), September 15, 2017. #* Also as part of the anthology ''Down these Dark Spaceways'' Published May 2005 by the Science Fiction Book Club. # ''Undercity'', December 2, 2014. The first part of this three-part novel was previously published as the novella ''The City of Cries''. # ''The Bronze Skies'', September 5, 2017 # ''The Vanished Seas'', July 7, 2020 # ''The Jigsaw Assassin '', July 5, 2022

Lost Continent

''Lost Continent'' (aka ''Aronsdale'') series (

Romantic fantasy Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, ...

) # ''The Charmed Sphere'' (2004) #* "Moonglow" novella (''Charmed Destinies,'' ed. Mary Theresa Hussey (2003)) # ''The Misted Cliffs'' (2005) # ''The Dawn Star'' (2006) # ''The Fire Opal'' (2007) # ''The Night Bird'' (2008) # "The Topaz Desert" (''Lace and Blade,'' ed. Deborah Ross, 2008)

Other works

* ''The Veiled Web'' (1999) * ''The Phoenix Code'' (2000) * ''

Sunrise Alley ''Sunrise Alley'' is a romantic science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro about a retired EI engineer named Samantha Bryton, and her adventures with an escaped EI who claims to be a human named Turner Pascal. Synopsis After barely surviving a ...

'' (2004) * ''Alpha'' (Sequel to ''Sunrise Alley'') (2006) * "Dance in Blue" novelette (''Christmas Forever'', ed. David Hartwell, (1993), '' Wondrous Beginnings'', ed. Steven H Silver (2003), and ''A Cosmic Christmas'', ed. Hank Davis (2012)) * "Boot Hill" short story written with

(''Civil War Fantastic'', ed.

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...

, (2000) and ''With a Little Help from My Friends: Stories by Hugo and Nebula Winner Mike Resnick in Collaboration with . . .'' ed.

(2002)) * ''The Phoenix Code'' rewritten eBook version (2013) * "Corn Fed Blues," with Kate Dolan (''Deco Punk: The Spirit of An Age,'' ed. Judith K. Dial and Thomas A. Easton) (2015)

Editor

* ''Mindsparks the Magazine of Science and Science Fiction,'' Editor and founder, Catherine Asaro, 1993–1996 * ''Irresistible Forces'', ed. Catherine Asaro (2004) * '' Nebula Awards Showcase 2013'', ed. Catherine Asaro (2013)

Inclusion in collections with works by other authors

* ''Civil War Fantastic'', ed.

(2000) * ''Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction'', ed.

(2001) * ''Fantasy: the Best of 2001'', ed.

and

(2002) * ''Charmed Destinies'', ed. Mary Theresa Hussey (2003) * '' Nebula Awards Showcase 2003'', ed.

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ...

(2003) * ''Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy'', ed.

(2004) * ''Projections: Science Fiction in Literature & Film'', ed.

Lou Anders Lou Anders is the author of the ''Thrones & Bones'' series of middle grade fantasy novels. Anders is a Hugo Award-winning American editor, a Chesley Award-winning art director, an author and a journalist. Early life Lou Anders is originally f ...

(2004) Nonfiction * ''The Journey Home'', ed. Mary Kirk (2005) * ''Down These Dark Spaceways'', ed.

(2005) * ''Year Million'', ed.

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machin ...

Nonfiction (2008) Nonfiction * ''Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: The Sub-genres of Science Fiction'' , ed.

Keith Brooke Keith Brooke is a science fiction author, editor, web publisher and anthologist from Essex, England. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford. Biography and publishing ...

(2012) Nonfiction; chapter written with Kate Dolan * ''The Mammoth Book of SF Wars'', ed. Ian Whates and Ian Watson, (2012) * ''Deco Punk: The Spirit of An Age'', ed. Judith K. Dial and Thomas A. Easton, (2015) * ''Infinite Stars'', ed.

, (2017)

Music

* ''Diamond Star,'' Point Valid with Catherine Asaro (2009) CD * ''Goodbye Note,'' Asaro and Wolcott (2010) EP * "Deep Snows," Catherine Asaro (2012) Single * "Looking For Sunsets," Catherine Asaro (2013) Demo * "Ancient Ages," Catherine Asaro, songwriter Arlan Andrews (2018)[

Scientific articles

* "Photoexcitation and Ionization in Molecular Oxygen: Theoretical Studies of Electronic Transitions in the Discrete and Continuous Spectral Intervals", A. Gerwer, C. Asaro, B.V. McKoy, and P.W. Langhoff, ''

Journal of Chemical Physics ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' is a scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics that carries research papers on chemical physics.International Journal of Quantum Chemistry The ''International Journal of Quantum Chemistry'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original, primary research and review articles on all aspects of quantum chemistry, including an expanded scope focusing on aspects of materials ...

, Quantum Chemistry Symposium 13, 645 (1979). (Conference proceedings for 1980 JCP article) * "Stieltjes-Imaging Calculations of Photodissociation", C. Asaro and A. Dalgarno, ''

Journal of Chemical Physics ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' is a scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics that carries research papers on chemical physics.Chemical Physics Letters ''Chemical Physics Letters'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in chemical physics and physical chemistry. It was established in 1967 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also ...

'' 118 64 (1985) * "Polarization Control of Branching Ratios in Photodissociation", Catherine Asaro, Paul Brumer, and Moshe Shapiro, ''

Physical Review Letters ''Physical Review Letters'' (''PRL''), established in 1958, is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society. As also confirmed by various measurement standards, which include the ''Journa ...

'' 60(16) 1634 (1988) * "Complex speeds and special relativity", Catherine Asaro, ''

American Journal of Physics The ''American Journal of Physics'' is a monthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics. The editor-in-chief is Beth Parks of Colgate University."Current F ...

'' April 1996 * "Special relativity and complex speeds", Catherine Asaro,

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...

Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Workshop, August 1997

References

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