John Francis Carr (born December 25, 1944) is an American

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editor and writer as well as the executor of the

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H. Beam Piper Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – ) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alt ...

Career

Carr was born in

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, and raised in

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. He is the author of seven published novels and, along with co-editor

Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s ...

, he has edited over twenty theme anthologies and short story collections. He is also an authority on the life and works of

and his biography ''H. Beam Piper: A Biography'', was published in 2008. His other works include the space opera ''The Ophidian Conspiracy'' and several novels (some co-written with Roland J. Green) set in the

Paratime The Paratime series written by H. Beam Piper and subsequently by John F. Carr consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel (all but one of these works were originally published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' under the editors ...

universe of H. Beam Piper). He is also recognized as an editor, having edited numerous collections or series involving Libertarian science fiction and

Military science fiction Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that features the use of science fiction technology, mainly weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters who are members of a military organization involved in military a ...

. He is best known for working with Jerry Pournelle. In 2002, Carr and Pournelle were honored with a

Prometheus Award The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. American author and activist L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newl ...

for editing ''The Survival of Freedom''.

Published works

Novels

* ''The Ophidian Conspiracy'' (1976), re-released in 2016 as an e-book * ''Pain Gain'' (1977) * ''Carnifex Mardi Gras'' (1982) * ''Time Crime'' (2010) * ''Rainbow Run'' (2012) with Camden Benares * ''The Crying Clown Celebration: A Certain Flair for Death'' (2013) with Camden Benares * ''The Merlin Binary'' (2014) with Dietmar Wehr

Continuation of works by
H. Beam Piper Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – ) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alt ...

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen ''Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen'' is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer H. Beam Piper; it is part of his Paratime series of stories, and was expanded by John F. Carr to form the Kalvan series (with some installments co-written by Carr a ...

* '' Great Kings' War'' (1985) with Roland J. Green * '' Kalvan Kingmaker'' (2000) * '' Siege of Tarr-Hostigos'' (2003) * ''The Fireseed Wars'' (2009) * ''The Hos Blethan Affair'' (2014) with Wolfgang Diehr * ''Gunpowder God'' (2016) * ''Down Styphon'' (2016)

Space Viking

* ''The Last Space Viking'' (2011) with Mike Robertson * ''Space Viking's Throne'' (2012) with Mike Robertson

Little Fuzzy

* ''The Fuzzy Cunundrum'' (2016) with Wolfgang Diehr

Short fiction series

* ''Horseclans Universe'' * ''Friends of the Horseclans'' * ''Nightfriend'' (1987) with Roland J. Green * ''Dirt Brother'' (1989) with Roland J. Green

Short-fiction

* ''Dance of the Dwarfs'' (1982) * ''Rate of Exchange'' (1988) with Roland J. Green

Non-fiction

* ''H. Beam Piper: A Biography'' (2008) * ''Typewriter Killer'' (2015) A second volume of

biography.

Anthology series

Nebula Awards

* '' Nebula Award Stories Sixteen'' (1982) with

There Will Be War

* 1 There Will Be War (1983) with

* 3 Blood and Iron (1984) with

[only as by John F. Carr and J. E. Pournelle * 7 Call to Battle (1988) with

* 8 Armageddon! (1989) with

The Endless Frontier

* 2 The Endless Frontier Vol. II (1982) with

* 3 Cities in Space (1991) with

* 4 Life Among the Asteroids (1992) with

Imperial Stars

* 1 The Stars At War (1986) with

* 2 Republic and Empire (1987) with

* 3 The Crash of Empire (1989) with

War World

* 1 The Burning Eye (1988) with

and Roland Green, re-released, with additional material, in 2015 as an e-book. * 2 Death's Head Rebellion (1990) with

and Roland Green * 3 Sauron Dominion (1991) with

* 4 Invasion (1994) with

* Codominium: Revolt on War World (1992) with

* War World: Blood Feuds (1993) with

* War World: Blood Vengeance (1993) with

* War World: The Battle of Sauron (2007) * War World: Discovery (2010) * War World: Takeover (2011) * War World: The Lidless Eye (2013) * War World: Cyborg Revolt (2013) * War World: Jihad! (2013) * War World: The Patriotic Wars (2016)

Anthologies

* The Survival of Freedom (1981) with

* The Science Fiction Yearbook (1985) with

and James P. Baen

Essays

* Letter (Locus #216) (1978) * Introduction (Empire) (1981) * Introduction (Paratime) (1981) * Introduction (Federation) (1981) * Shapes of Things to Come (1982) * Introduction (The Worlds of H. Beam Piper) (1983) * Introduction (Uller Uprising) (1983) * Letter (Locus #312) (1987) * State of the Art: The Last Cavalier: H. Beam Piper (1988) * Dramatis Personae (Great Kings' War) (2006) with Roland J. Green * Introduction (Cosmic Computer) (2014)

Essay series

* Terro-Human * Terro-Human Future History Chronology (1981) Carr's Pequod Press released ''Fuzzy Ergo Sum'' (2011) and "Caveat Fuzzy" (2012) by Wolfgang Diehr. These novels pick up where the original series by

left off, continuing the story of

Little Fuzzy ''Little Fuzzy'' is a 1962 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper, now in public domain. It was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The story revolves around determining whether a small furry species discovered on the planet Zarat ...

and his fuzzy and human companions.

References

* ''

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continu ...

'' page 198

External links

*
Carr's personal site.

at St. Bonaventure University has a comprehensive list of his work, though it isn't always completely up to date.
H. Beam Piper Memorial Site
created by John F. Carr and Dennis Frank to help preserve the memory of science fiction writer

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